散り積もる木の葉が下の忘れ水澄むとも見えず絶間のみして
| tiritumoru ko no Fa ga sita no wasuremidu sumu tomo miezu taema nomi site |
Scattered and drifted are The leaves from the trees, and beneath is A forgotten stream How unclear it seems, Appearing only now and then… |
Ise no Taifu (989?-1060?)
伊勢大輔
When he drew the topic of dew, when people were composing poetry on randomly selected topics at the residence of the Minister of the Left.
我ならぬ草葉もものは思ひけり袖より外におけるしらつゆ
| aFare naranu kusaba mo mono Fa omoFikeri sode yori Foka ni okeru siratuyu |
Not only I, but All the grassy leaves Are sunk in gloomy thought For in places other than my sleeves Fall silver dewdrops. |
Fujiwara no Tadakuni
藤原忠国
葉かへせぬ歎の杜は冬来れど常にもかもな常しなへなり
| Fa kaesenu nageki no mori Fa Fuyu kuredo tune ni mo kamo na tokosinaFe nari |
The leaves never turn In Nageki’s sacred groves, where Winter comes, yet It is always that They are ever unchanging. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Sent to a lady at the beginning.
木葉散る山の下水埋もれて流れもやらぬ物をこそ思へ
| ko no Fa tiru yama no sitamidu udumorete nagare mo yaranu mono wo koso omoFe |
Leaves fall from the trees, and On the mountain, streams Buried Cease their flow, As all my thoughts are set on you… |
Eikaku
叡覚
いつとなく葉がへぬ山の椎柴に人の心をなすよしもがな
| itsu to naku hagaenu yama no shiishiba ni hito no kokoro o nasu yoshi mogana |
If only the ever Unchanging leaves on the mountain Brushwood Her heart could Somehow become! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Topic unknown.
鷂のと帰る山の椎柴の葉がへはすとも君はかへせじ
| hashitaka no tokaeru yama no shiishiba no hagae wa su tomo kimi wa kaeseji |
Sparrowhawks Fly back and forth on the moutain where The brushwood Changes its leaves, yet You will ever be true. |
Anonymous
激しさのみ山颪は手もなきにいかで木の葉をこき散らすらむ
| hageshisa no miyamaoroshi wa te mo naki ni ikade ko no ha o kokichirasuramu |
Wild is The wind from out the mountains: With no hands How does it the leaves from off the trees Seem to scatter all around? |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
宿に敷く錦を見ればうれしくてさすかに木の葉散らば惜しまる
| yado ni shiku nishiki o mireba ureshikute sasuga ni ko no ha chiraba oshimaru |
Spread around my house, I gaze upon the brocade, And am pleased; Indeed, if the leaves from the trees Fall, it is a pleasure! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
A poem about the provinces for the enthronement ceremony in Tenroku 1 [970]: The Izumi River.
泉河のどけき水のそこ見れば今年葉陰ぞすみまさりける
| idumigaFa nodokeki midu no soko mireba kotosi Fakage zo sumimasarikeru |
At Izumi River The peaceful waters’ Bed I see; This year the shadows of the leaves Are truly clear, indeed. |
Taira no Kanemori
平兼盛
During the Tenryaku era, when people had gathered at Ise’s house, to say that she was coming.
時雨つゝふりにし宿の言の葉は掻集むれど止らざりけり
| siguretutu Furinisi yado no koto no Fa Fa kakiatumuredo tomarazarikeri |
Ever does the drizzle Fall at my home – My leaves of words I sweep all together, but Never does it end. |
Nakatsukasa (?912-?991)
中務