散りかかる紅葉流るる大堰川いづら井堰の水の柵
| tirikakaru momidi nagaruru oFowigawa idura wiseki no midu no sigarami |
Scattered all around are Flowing scarlet leaves On the River Ōi: Which weir’s Waters will trap them! |
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
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GSIS VI: 377
Composed when His Majesty’s gentlemen had gone to the River Ōi on the first day of the Tenth Month to compose poetry.
落ちつもる紅葉をみれば大井川井堰に秋もとまる なりけり
| otitumoru momidi wo mireba oFowigaFa iseki ni aki mo tomaru narikeri |
Fallen in piles are The scarlet leaves – when I see them at The River Ōi The weirs and dams autumn Have held in place… |
Former Major Councillor Kintō
前大納言公任
KYS VII: 375
Composed in the conception of Love at the poetry competition held at the house of Lord Saneyuki.
恋わびておさふる袖や流れいづる涙の川の堰なるらむ
| koFi wabite osaFuru sode ya nagare’iduru namida no kaFa no iseki naruramu |
Grieving for love, Are my wave-dashed sleeves For this outflowing River of tears A dam, perhaps? |
Fujiwara no Michitsune (1060?-?)
藤原道経