そらにいでていづくともなくたづぬればくもとははなの見ゆるなりけり
| sora ni idete izuku tomonaku tazunureba kumo to wa hana no miyuru narikeri | Out amidst the skies Somewhere should I enquire, then The clouds, as blossom Do seem. |
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Sankashū I: 59
Sankashū I: 57
Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 22
Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 21
Lakes
にほの海はるは霞のしがの波花に吹きなすひらの山かぜ
| nio no umi haru wa kasumi no shiga no nami hana ni fukinasu hira no yamakaze | At the Sea of Grebes In spring the haze Upon Shiga’s waves is Blossom blown by The breeze from Hira mountain. [i] |
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[i] See: Composed as a poem on blossom. さくらさくひらの山かぜ吹くままに花になりゆくしがのうら浪 sakura saku / hira no yamakaze / fuku mama ni / hana ni nariyuku / shiga no uranami ‘Cherries flower on / Hira Mountain while / Breezes blow / All turned to blossom are / The waves on Shiga’s shore.’Yoshitsune, Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division (Senzaishū II: 89)
Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 20
Shōji shodo hyakushu 113
Norimune-shū 16
Bōjō udaijin-dono uta’awase 03
Bush Clover
Left (Tie)
あきはぎの花のさかりとさをしかのよぶかきこゑといづれまされり
| akihagi no hana no sakari to saoshika no yobukaki koe to izure masareri | The autumn bush clover’s Profusion of blossom, or A stag’s Bell deep in the night: Which was better? |
Koremori
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Right
したばよりいろづくはぎといひながらことしはつゆも心おくらし
| shitaba yori irozuku hagi to iinagara kotoshi wa tsuyu mo kokoro okurashi | From its underleaves The bush clover takes on autumn hues, They say, but This year, the dew also Seems to fall on my heart. |
Lady Suke
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Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 4
The 15th night of the Eighth Month, last year.[i]
花の枝に露のやどかす宮城野の月にぞ秋の色はみえける
| hana no e ni tsuyu no yado kasu miyagino no tsuki ni zo aki no iro wa miekeru | A spray of blossom Has lent lodging to the dewdrops On Miyagi Plain In the moon, truly, autumn’s Hues are plain to see. |
[i] This poem was composed for the ‘Poetry Match of Places Famed for the Moon on the 15th Night of the Eighth Month’ (Hachigatsu jūgoya meisho no tsuki uta’awase 八月十五夜名所月歌合) held on night of the 15th day of the Eighth Month, Jōei 1 [1.9.1232] (Ishikawa and Tani 2001, 171), although it was not included in the extant text of the match.