From the Minase 15 Love Poem Poetry Competition.
しろたへの袖のわかれにつゆおちて身にしむいろの秋風ぞふく
| shirotae no sode no wakare ni tsuyu ochite mi ni shimu iro no aki kaze zo fuku |
White mulberry cloth, My sleeves, on parting Are splashed with dew, Staining my breast, this hue Is carried on the gusting autumn wind. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
At a time when the Lady Jōtōmon’in [Fujiwara no Shōshi] was Empress, on the day His Majesty took Holy Orders when suffering from an unprecedented illness, he sent this to her:
秋風のつゆのやどりに君をゝきてちりをいでぬることぞかなしき
| aki kaze no tsuyu no yadori ni kimi o okite chiri o idenuru koto zo kanashiki |
With the autumn wind Upon this house of dew wherein I leave you; To have set forth into dust Is a grief, indeed… |
Retired Emperor Ichijō (986-1011; r. 980-1011)
In the Autumn [of the year] his mother died, on a day when a typhoon was blowing, he went to where she had lived…
たまゆらのつゆも涙もとゞまらずなき人こふるやどの秋風
| tamayura no tsuyu mo namida mo todomarazu nakibito koru yado no aki kaze |
Fleeting, indeed, are Dew and tear drops, both Unceasing; She loved This house, where Autumn winds blow now. |
Sada’ie
定家
In the conception of Tanabata.
ほしあひのゆふべすゞしきあまのがはもみぢのはしをわたる秋風
| hoshi ai no yūbe suzushiki ama no gawa mo momoji no hashi o wataru aki kaze |
Stars meeting On this cool evening, where Over the River of Heaven On a bridge of scarlet leaves Crosses the autumn wind. |
Provisional Middle Councillor Kintsune (1171-1244)
Composed as a tanabata poem.
たなばたの衣のつまは心してふきなかへしそ秋のはつ風
| tanabata no koromo no tsuma wa kokoro shite fuki na kaeshi so aki no hatsu kaze |
O Weaver Maid, Of your robe’s hem Take care: Don’t let the gusts blow it back In the first breeze of autumn! |
Koben
When the Regent and Grand Minister had fifty poems on the moon composed at his house.
さむしろやまつよの秋の風ふけて月をかたしくうぢのはしひめ
| samushiro ya matsu yo no aki no kaze fukete tsuki o katashiku uji no hashihime |
Chill, this thin straw mat; Awaiting through the night as the Autumn Wind blows stronger, Moonlight falling all around, My maid at Uji Bridge. |
Sada’ie
定家