Geese
Left (Tie)
あきのそらかりのなきくるくもゐをばよそなるひとのふみとこそみれ
aki no sora
kari no nakikuru
kumoi oba
yoso naru hito no
fumi to koso mire | In the autumn skies
Geese call
Beyond the clouds,
To someone so far away
A letter, they do seem. |
Fujiwara no Akane
(Arimasa in a certain text)
11
Right
まだきかぬみみにやあるらむはつかりのおとだにもせぬあきはきにしを
mada kikanu
mimi ni ya aruramu
hatsukari no
oto dani mo senu
aki wa kinishi o | I have yet to hear
Them with my ears, it seems—
The first geese
Have made not a sound, but
Autumn has come… |
Miharu no Miyakoe
12
A place famous for scarlet leaves
はつかりの羽風のさむくなるままにさほの山べは色づきにけり
hatsukari no
hakaze no samuku
naru mama ni
sao no yamabe wa
irozukinikeri | The first geese:
The breeze from off their wings chill
Does turn and
The mountainside at Sao
Takes on autumn hues. |
秋風に山とびこゆるはつ雁のつばさにわくるみねの白雲
akikaze ni
yama tobikoyuru
hatsukari no
tsubasa ni wakuru
mine no shirakumo | On the autumn wind,
Flying ‘cross the mountains,
The first geese
Part with their wings
The clouds so white above the peaks. |
Autumn Poems Twenty Rounds
Left
あき風に初雁がねぞ響くなるたが玉章をかけて来つらむ
akikaze ni
hatsukari ga ne zo
hibikunaru
ta ga tamazusa o
kaketekitsuramu | The autumn wind
With the first goose calls does
Echo
Whose jewelled missives
Have they come bearing, I wonder? |
Tomonori
78
Right
浦ちかくたつ秋霧はもしほやく煙とのみぞ見え渡りける
ura chikaku
tatsu akigiri wa
moshio yaku
keburi to nomi zo
miewatarikeru | Close by the bay
Rising autumn mist, as
Seaweed salt burning
Smoke simply
Appears everywhere. |
79[1]
[1] Gosenshū VI: 273/Shinsen man’yōshū 325/Kokin rokujō I: 652
'Simply moving and elegant'
