The twilight of autumn.
長月の有明がたの空の月心ぼそくぞかたぶきにける
| nagatsuki no ariakegata no sora no tsuki kokorobosoku zo katabukinikeru | In the Longest Month At the edge of dawn In the sky the moon Is somehow all alone In setting. |
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Kinkai wakashū 673
万代に見るともあかじ長月の有明の月のあらむかぎりは
| yorozuyo ni miru to mo akaji nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki no aramu kagiri wa | Even for ten thousand ages Should I gaze, I’d ne’er get my fill Of the Longest Month’s Dawntime moon, as long as ‘Twas there![i] |
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[i] See: 万代 見友将飽八 三芳野乃 多芸都河内之 大宮所 yorozuyo ni / mitomo akame ya / miyoshino no / tagitsu kōchi no / ōmiyadokoro ‘Though for a myriad reigns / I gaze, I’ll ne’er be full / Of Yoshino’s / Seething river shore, / The mighty palace site.’ Kasa no Kanamura (Man’yōshū VI: 921); and: Topic unknown. 長月の在明の月の有りつつも君しきまさば我こひめやも nagatsuki no / ariake no tsuki no / aritsutsu mo / kimi shi kimasaba / ware koime ya mo ‘The Longest Month’s / Dawntime moon— / Ever a time for parting, but / Had you come to visit, then / How I would yearn for you then!’ Hitomaro (Shūishū XIII: 795)
SIS XIII: 795
Yōzei’in ichi no miko himegimi uta’awase 16
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ひとりぬるよをながづきのはなすすきそよともあきのかぜぞこたふる
| hitori nuru yo o nagazuki no hanasusuki soyo to mo aki no kaze zo kotauru | Sleeping alone, How long the night in the Longest Month: The blossoming silver grass Whispers, ‘So it is,’ with the autumn Wind replying! |
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こたふともたのまざらなむはなすすきふくあきかぜのさだめなければ
| kotau tomo tanomazaranamu hanasusuki fuku akikaze no sadame nakereba | It may reply, but I would not have you trust, for The blossoming silver grass Blowing in the autumn wind is Fickle, indeed… |
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Right
そよとだにしりてこたふるかぜしあらばなにかながきよおもひわぶらん
| soyo to dani shirite kotauru kaze shi araba nanika nagaki yo omoiwaburan | If, ‘So it is,’ You know and reply, O, wind, then Why, all the long night through Do my thoughts torment me so? |
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Tsurayuki uta’awase 10
The End of Autumn.
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琴の音に声よりあはせなく虫の秋のはつるはえこそしのばね
| koto no ne ni koe yori awase naku mushi no aki no hatsuru wa e koso shinobane | A zither’s strains Blended with the songs The insects cry, That autumn is ending They truly cannot recall! |
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長月の菊にぞ人をたのみつる花ひらくとも心うつるな
| nagatsuki no kiku zo hito o tanomitsuru hana hiraku tomo kokoro utsuru na | In the Longest Month A chrysanthemum, in a man Has placed its trust— The bloom may open, yet O, change not your heart! |
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Tōin senzai awase 09
Left – Chrysanthemums
きくをうゑて花おもほゆるけふよりはながづきをこそまちわたりけれ
| kiku o uete hana omohoyuru kyō yori wa nagazuki o koso machiwatarikere | I planted chrysanthemums, and Wondering about the blooms From today For the Longest Month Will I always be awaiting. |
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きくをうゑて花おもほゆる今よりはながづきをこそまちわたりけれ
| kiku o uete hana omohoyuru ima yori wa nagazuki o koso machiwatarikere | I planted chrysanthemums, and Wondering about the blooms From this moment For the Longest Month Will I always be awaiting. |
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よにふれどおいもしられぬものなればいまよりうゑつながづきのきく
| yo ni furedo oi mo shirarenu mono nareba ima yori uetsu nagazuki no kiku | My life goes by, yet Old age I know not So From this moment have I planted Chrysanthemums in the Longest Month. |
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よにふれどおいもしられぬものなればいまよりうつすながづきのきく
| yo ni furedo oi mo shirarenu mono nareba ima yori utsusu nagazuki no kiku | My life goes by, yet Old age I know not So From this moment fading are Chrysanthemums in the Longest Month |
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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 09
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いづこにか秋はいくらん跡をだにとめてゆきせばたづねみてまし
| izuko ni ka aki wa ikuran ato o dani tomete yukiseba tazune mitemashi | Where might it be that Autumn goes? Even a trace Left behind would make me want to go, and Make an enquiry, I feel. |
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Right (Win)
おほかたの秋はをしめどかひもなしなのながづきをとどめてしがな
| ōkata no aki wa oshimedo kai mo nashi na no nagatsuki o todomete shigana | In general, I regret autumn’s passing, yet How pointless that is: In name alone does the Longest Month Remain! |
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