おくしもにいろめかへしうつりつつはぎのさかりはけふながらみむ
oku shimo ni
irome kaeshi
utsuritsutsu
hagi no sakari wa
kyō nagara mimu | With the falling frost
Patterns of hues are exchanged and
Ever shifting, so
Upon the profuse bush-clover
Will I gaze all day, today. |
[Fujiwara no] Ariyoshi
21
いとはしきものにもあるかなきくのはなうつろふとやはいろをみすべき
itowashiki
mono ni mo aru kana
kiku no hana
utsurou to ya wa
iro o misubeki | Something distasteful
Is there about them, too!
Chrysanthemum blooms
Will fade, so why
Must they display such passionate hues? |
[Minamoto no] Kintada
22
□□さとにをしみぞとむるきくのはな霜にうつろふいろをみむとか
…sato ni
oshimi zo tomuru
kiku no hana
shimo ni utsurou
iro o mimu to ka | Around my … estate
Regrets linger for
The chrysanthemum blooms,
Fading beneath the frost
Would I see their hues, I wonder? |
Masau[1]
19
ももしきにうつろふいろははつしものおきてかひあるこよひなりけり
momoshiki ni
utsurou iro wa
hatsushimo no
okite kai aru
koyoi narikeri | Within the hundred-fold palace
Fading hues with
First frost’s
Fall have some significance
Tonight. |
Nakatsura[2]
20
[1] Possibly Taira no Masau 平將文
[2] Possibly Minamoto no Nakatsura 源仲連
いろふかくをしみぞとむるきくの花よをへてみよとしもはおかなむ
iro fukaku
oshimi zo tomuru
kiku no hana
yo o hete miyo to
shimo wa okanamu | Their hues as deep
As my lingering regrets,
‘The chrysanthemum blooms
Behold through the passing night!’
For the frosts will fall. |
[Fujiwara no] Motokata
17
かをとめてをしむばかりぞきくのはなしももきえずはいろもみえじを
ka o tomete
oshimu bakari zo
kiku no hana
shimo mo kiezu wa
iro mo mieji o | Their lingering scent
I simply do regret, for from
The chrysanthemum blooms
The frosts will not vanish away and
Their hues will fade from sight. |
[Minamoto no] Moro’akira
18
おくしもにふかくうつれるきくのはなしももこころやいろをそむらん
oku shimo ni
fukaku utsureru
kiku no hana
shimo mo kokoro ya
iro o somuran | Falling frost has
Deeply marked
The chrysanthemum blooms—
Does the frost, too, have a heart
Dyed with passion’s hues? |
Yukiyoshi[1]
15
きくのはなこよひばかりははつ霜のおきてのみこそみまくほしけれ
kiku no hana
koyoi bakari wa
hatsushimo no
okite nomi koso
mimaku hoshikere | The chrysanthemum blooms
On this night, alone,
By the first frosts
Simply brushed
Do I long to see! |
[Fujiwara no] Saneyori
16
[1] Possibly Minamoto no Yukiyoshi 源行義
うつろふとなにかいふべききくのはな霜のなかにもいろぞまされる
utsurou to
nani ka iubeki
kiku no hana
shimo no naka ni mo
iro zo masareru | ‘They’ll fade away,’
What do you mean to say, of
The chrysanthemum blooms, for
Even amidst the frost,
Their hues are, indeed, most fine! |
Shirake[1]
13
きくのはなしもにうつるとをしみしはこきむらさきにそむるなりけり
kiku no hana
shimo ni utsuru to
oshimishi wa
koki murasaki ni
somuru narikeri | Chrysanthemum blooms
Struck by frost—
O, I did regret that
Deep violet
They had begun to turn! |
[Taira no] Mareyo
14
[1] Possibly Minamoto no Shirake 源精
いづこにかかをやどすらんきくのはな色をば霜にとどめおきつつ
izuko ni ka
ka o yadosuran
kiku no hana
iro oba shimo ni
todome’okitsutsu | Where is it that
Their fragrance will find lodging?
For the chrysanthemum blooms’
Hues by the frost’s
Fall have been ended… |
Taira no Koremochi
9
うつろはぬさきにをりてもきくの花霜の心もうしろめたきに
utsurowanu
saki ni orite mo
kiku no hana
shimo no kokoro mo
ushirometaki ni | Yet unfaded,
Earlier were picked
These chrysanthemum blooms, for
The frost’s heart, too,
Cannot be trusted… |
[Fujiwara no] Korehira
10
きくのはなをりてはとしもへしものをおきながらこそ色まさりけれ
kiku no hana
orite wa toshi mo
heshi mono o
okinagara koso
iro masarikere | Chrysanthemum blooms
Picked, means the year
Has passed by, but
Even so, still
Their hues are most fine, indeed! |
Kakesuke[1]
7
いろもかもともににほへるきくのはななにしもうちにとけてみゆらん
iro mo ka mo
tomo ni nioeru
kiku no hana
nani shi mo uchi ni
tokete miyuran | Hue and scent, too,
Both bring a glow
To the chrysanthemum blooms—
Somehow, secretly,
Do they seem at ease. |
[Fujiwara no] Kanemochi
8
[1] Possibly Fujiwara no Kanesuke 藤原兼輔
霜のうへにのこれるきくのいろふかくをしむ心はなにならなくに
shimo no ue ni
nokoreru kiku no
iro fukaku
oshimu kokoro wa
nani naranaku ni | Atop the frost,
The lingering chrysanthemums’
Hues are deep, so
Regret within my heart
There should not be, yet… |
Prince Iwa
3
いてしよも霜のうへなるきくのはなうつらぬほどにちよをかぞへむ
iteshi yo mo
shimo no ue naru
kiku no hana
utsuranu hodo ni
chiyo o kazoemu | On frozen nights, too,
O’er the frost
While the chrysanthemum blooms
Remain unfaded,
I would count a thousand ages. |
Saimo no kami
4
はつ時雨ふりにし日より神なびのもりの梢ぞ色まさりゆく
hatsushigure
furinishi hi yori
kaminabi no
mori no kozue zo
iro masariyuku | Since the first chill shower
Fell that day
In the sacred
Grove, the treetops
Are turning to hues most fine! |
かりなきてさむきあさけの露霜にやののかみ山色づきにけり
kari nakite
samuki asake no
tsuyujimo ni
yano no kamiyama
irozukinikeri | The geese cry and
At a dawn so chill
Frosted dewfall turns
Divine Mount Yano
To autumn hues. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
