The autumn wind beneath the moon.
涙とふ床の月だにさびしきに深き秋なる風の音かな
| namida tou toko no tsuki dani sabishiki ni fukaki aki naru kaze no oto kana | Teardrops pay a call To my bed where e’en the moon Is lonely In the depths of autumn At the sound of wind. |
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GSS II: 48
SZS VI: 434
Composed on the conception of ice first freezing.
をし鳥のうきねのとこやあれぬらんつららゐにけりこやの池水
| wosidori no ukine no toko ya arenuran turara winikeri koya no ikemidu | Have the mandarin ducks’ Drifting, dozing had their bed Disturbed, perhaps? Icicles have formed O’er the waters of Koya Pond… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Tsunefusa
権中納言経房
SIS II: 88
SIS XX: 1285
When the autumn wind was blowing coldly, around the time his wife passed away.
思ひきや秋のよ風のさむけきにいもなきとこにひとりねむとは
| omoFiki ya aki no yokaze no samukeki ni imo naki toko ni Fitori nemu to Fa | How unexpected is The autumn night’s wind, So cold upon My bed where, without my darling I must sleep alone. |
Senior Assistant Governor General Kuni’akira
MYS VIII: 1555
Kinkai wakashū 625
The moon above the riverside.[i]
千はやぶるみたらし川の底きよみのどかに月の影はすみけり
| chihayaburu mitarashigawa no soko kiyomi nodoka ni tsuki no kage wa sumikeri | The mighty Mitarashi River has A bed so pure— Tranquil, the moon’s Light shines clear.[ii] |
625
[i] Even though it is not specified in the headnote, the poem makes it clear that Sanetomo is referring to a specific river, the Mitarashi here.
[ii] This poem shows influence from Shinkokinshū XIX: 1889, and also: Topic unknown. まこもかる淀のさは水ふかけれどそこまで月の影はすみけり makomo karu / yodo no sawamizu / fukakeredo / soko made tsuki no / kage wa sumikeri ‘Reaping wild rice / In the Yodo’s marsh-waters, / So deep, yet / Right down to the bed, the moon’s / Light is clear.’ Former Major Counsellor Masafusa (Shinkokinshū III: 229)
Kinkai wakashū 619
月さゆるみもすそ川の底きよみいづれの代にかすみはじめけん
| tsuki sayuru mimosusogawa no soko kiyomi izure no yo ni ka sumihajimeken | Chill, the moon Upon the Mimosuso River, Its bed so clear— In which age was it, That it began to be so, I wonder?[i] |
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[i] See: Composed for a picture of the Rinji Festival at the Kamo Shrine on a folding screen prepared for the entrance of a Junior Consort to the palace in the 6th year of Bunji (1190). 月さゆるみたらし河にかげみえてこほりにすれる山あゐの袖 tsuki sayuru / mitarashigawa ni / kage miete / kōri ni sureru / yama’ai no sode ‘Chill, the moon, / Upon the Mitarashi River / Shines, seeming as / A design of ice upon / Indigo sleeves.’ Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari (Shinkokinshū XIX: 1889)
Kinkai wakashū 597
After a certain lady had set off up to the capital, I composed these and, attaching them to a letter, had it sent to her.
夜をさむみひとりね覚の床さえてわが衣手に霜ぞ置きける
| yo o samumi hitori nezame no toko saete wa ga koromode ni shimo zo okikeru | Chill the night, so On waking alone My bed is frozen, and On my sleeves Frost has fallen, indeed![i] |
597
[i] See: Topic unknown. 夜をさむみねざめてきけばをしぞなく払ひもあへず霜やおくらん yo o samumi / nezamete kikeba / oshi zo naku / harai mo aezu / shimo ya okuran ‘Chill the night and / On waking, I hear / A mandarin drake a’crying / For he cannot brush away / The fallen frost, it seems.’ Anonymous (Gosenshū VIII: 478)
