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GSIS VI: 398

Composed on the conception of being buried in frosty fallen leaves.

落ちつもる庭の木の葉を夜のほどにはらひてけりと見する朝霜

otitumoru
niwa no ko no Fa wo
yo no hodo ni
FaraFitekeri to
misuru asasimo
Fallen, piled high at
My estate, the leaves from the trees
Within the space of a single night
Have been swept away,
It seems, by the morning frost.

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Koresada shinnō-ke uta’awase 17

あきくればむしとともにぞなかれぬるひとも草ばもかれぬと思へば[1]

aki kureba
mushi to tomo ni zo
nakarenuru
hito mo kusaba mo
karenu to omoeba
When the autumn comes
Together with the insects
Do I weep,
That both folk and grass and leaves
Have withered, is in my thoughts…

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からにしきみだれるのべとみえつるはあきのこのはのふるにざりける

karanishiki
midareru nobe to
mietsuru wa
aki no ko no ha no
furu ni zarikeru
For Cathay brocade
Confused the meadows
Do seem, for
In autumn, the leaves from the trees
Have truly fallen!

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[1] This poem also occurs in Fubokushō (5580).

Koresada shinnō-ke uta’awase 16

しら露のおきしくのべを見るごとにあはれは秋ぞかずまさりける

shiratsuyu no
okishiku nobe o
miru goto ni
aware wa aki zo
kazu masarikeru
Silver dewdrops,
Fallen, scattered upon the meadows:
Every time I see them
The sadnesses of autumn
Increase in number.

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あきかぜのうちふくからにはなもはもみだれてもちるのべの草きか

aki kaze no
uchifuku kara ni
hana mo ha mo
midarete mo chiru
nobe no kusaki ka
The autumn breeze
Is blowing keenly, so will
Both flowers and leaves
Scatter confusedly
From the trees and grasses on the meadow?

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KKS XIV: 688

A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.

思ふてふ事の葉のみや秋をへて色もかはらぬ物にはあるらん

omoFu teFu
koto no Fa nomi ya
aki wo Fete
iro mo kaFaranu
mono ni Fa aruran
My fond thoughts expressed
In words, and leaves, simply
On reaching autumn’s surfeit—
Won’t they change their hues?
No, that will never be.

Anonymous