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Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 14

Original

ちらねどもかねてぞをしきもみぢばはけふをかぎりのいろとみつれば

chiranedomo
kanete zo oshiki
momijiba wa
kyō o kagiri no
iro to mitsureba

They have yet to scatter, but
Already, I regret
The scarlet leaves, for
Today is the utmost
Extent of their hues…

Left (Win)

あきふかきやまのもみぢもあるものをいまはのいろとおもはざらなむ

aki fukaki
yama no momiji mo
aru mono o
ima wa no iro to
omowazaranamu

Though in the depths of autumn
The mountains’ scarlet leaves
Are fair,
On their hues now
I would not have you dwell…

Right

かぎりなきいろはためしにをしけれどえだにもみぢはとまりげもなし

kagiri naki
iro wa tameshi ni
oshikeredo
eda ni momiji wa
tomarige mo nashi

Limitlessly fair
Hues have there been before, and
Regrets, yet
The scarlet leaves upon the boughs
Show no signs of lingering…

Composed when he had gone to Sumiyoshi.

すみよしの松のしづえに神さびてみどりにみゆるあけのたまがき

sumiyosi no
matu no sidue ni
kamisabite
midori ni miyuru
ake no tamagaki

At Sumiyoshi,
The low pine boughs
Fill me with awe,
Green as they appear
Among the vermillion jewelled fences.

Dharma Master Ranchū

Ivy

太山木の色かへぬ枝も見えぬまでかかれる蔦は紅葉しにけり

miyamagi no
iro kaenu e mo
mienu made
kakareru tsuta wa
momijishinikeri

Deep within the mountains, trees’
Hues have changed, so even the boughs
Are gone from view;
The dangling ivy
Has turned completely scarlet.

Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲

這う蔦のなきよなりせば松が枝にかかる紅葉の色を見ましや

hau tsuta no
nakiyo nariseba
matsu ga e ni
kakaru momiji no
iro o mimashi ya

Trailing ivy:
Were there none in this world,
Upon the pine boughs
Clinging scarlet leaves’
Hues would I see?

Minamoto no Tadafusa
源忠房