Composed at the Shirakawa Barrier, when he had gone to Michinoku.
宮こをばかすみとともにたちしかどあきかぜぞ吹くしらかはのせき
| miyako woba kasumi to tomo ni tatisikado akikaze zo Fuku sirakaFa no seki | From the capital Together with the haze Did I depart, yet The autumn wind, indeed, is blowing At the Barrier of Shirakawa! |
Monk Nōin
Composed on the moon at dawn on the road to a barrier, while at the Shirakawa residence of the former Uji Grand Minister.
あり明の月もし水にやどりけりこよひはこえじあふさかの関
| ariake no tuki mo simizu ni yadorikeri koyoFi Fa koezi aFusaka no seki | The dawntime Moon within pure water Has lodged; Tonight I’ll not pass The barrier at Meeting Hill. |
Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga
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とどむれどいまはかぎりとゆく秋のわりなくをしくおもほゆるかな
| todomuredo ima wa kagiri to yuku aki no warinaku oshiku omohoyuru kana | It has lingered, yet Now is the end, and with Autumn’s leaving Beyond all reason, regret Do I feel! |
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あふさかのせきのもみぢし心あらばくれてゆくとも秋をとめなん
| ausaka no seki no momijishi kokoro araba kureteyuku to mo aki o tomenan | If at Meeting Hill’s Barrier autumn hues did Fill my heart, then As it passes into dusk I would hold the season here. |
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ふくかぜにとまりもあへずちるときはやへやまぶきのはなもかひなし
| fuku kaze ni tomari mo aezu chiru toki wa yaeyamabuki no hana mo kainashi | The gusting wind Does never cease, so Scattering time has come upon The eightfold kerria Blooms—so little good they are! |
Okikaze
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をしめどもたちもとまらずゆくはるをなこしのやまのせきもとめなむ
| oshimedomo tachi mo tomarazu yuku haru o nakoshi no yama no seki mo tomenamu | How I regret it, yet Cannot halt the departure of Parting spring— O, that Nakoshi Mountain’s Barrier would hold it! |
Tsurayuki
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おとはやまおとにききつつあふさかのせきのこなたにひとをまつかな
| otowayama oto ni kikitsutsu ausaka no seki no konata ni hito o matsu kana | As wing-beats in the mountains Do I hear tell: That on Meeting Hill Barrier’s inner side Someone does await me! |
Motokata
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そのはらやふせやにおふるははきぎのありとてゆけどあはぬきみかな
| sonohara ya fuseya ni ouru hahakigi no ari tote yukedo awanu kimi kana | At Sonohara By the rest-stop grows A sacred tree, they say; I catch a glimpse, yet Cannot meet with you! |
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