Between the pines
大かたの秋もさびしき木の間より月もる松を風はらふらん
| ōkata no aki mo sabishiki ko no ma yori tsuki moru matsu o kaze harauran | In general Autumn is also lonely when From between the trunks Moonlight pours as the pines Seem swept by the breeze.[i] |
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[i] See. Topic unknown. このまよりもりくる月の影見れば心づくしの秋はきにけり ko no ma yori / morikuru tsuki no / kage mireba / kokorozukushi no . aki wa kinikeri ‘Between the trees / Drips moon / Light, seeing it I know / Heart draining / Autumn, has come at last.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 184)