Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Eishō 4.
あらしふくみむろの山のもみぢばはたつたの川のにしきなりけり
| arasi Fuku mimuro no yama no momidiba Fa tatuta no kaFa no nisiki narikeri | The storm wind blowing Down Mimuro Mountain makes The scarlet leaves Upon the Tatsuta River A fine brocade. |
Monk Nōin
Among three hundred and sixty poems.
神なびのみむろの山をけふみれば下草かけていろづきにけり
| kamunabi no mimuro no yama wo keFu mireba sitagusa kakete irodukinikeri | When upon divine Mountain dwellings of the gods I gaze today, Even the undergrowth has Taken on autumn hues! |
Sone no Yoshitada
さをしかのしがらみふする秋はぎはたまなす露ぞつつみたりける
| saoshika no shigarami fusuru akihagi wa tama nasu tsuyu zo tsutsumitarikeru | Ah, the stag, Entangled, tripped On the autumn bush clover; Dewdrops turned gemlets Have wrapped him all around. |
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かみなみのみむろの山をわけゆけばにしきたちきる心ちこそすれ
| kaminami no mimuro no yama o wakeyukeba nishiki tachikiru kokochi koso sure | Deities dwell Upon Mount Mimuro, where I forge my way, Cutting and sewing the brocade of leaves, I feel! |
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Left (Tie).
うつろはむ色をかぎりに三室山時雨もしらぬ世を頼むかな
| utsurowamu iro o kagiri ni mimuroyama shigure mo shiranu yo o tanomu kana |
The fading Hues of our passion our end Do mark: at Mimuro mountain, A world ignorant of such showers Is what I long for. |
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Right (Tie).
消えわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身をこがらしの杜の下露
| kiewabinu utsurou hito no aki no iro ni mi o kogarashi no mori no shimotsuyu |
Fading and gone am I! My fickle love, Sated, in autumn hues Kogarashi Forest, burning with wind Fanned fire, and drenched in dew. |
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Left (Win).
時雨つゝ袖だにほさぬ秋の日にさこそ三室の山はそむらめ
| shiguretsutsu sode dani hosanu aki no hi ni sa koso mimuro no yama wa somurame |
Drizzling on and on, so My sleeves are never dry On this autumn day Surely, the mount of Mimuro Must be yet more deeply dyed. |
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Right
久方の月の桂の下紅葉宿かる袖ぞ色にいでゆく
| hisakata no tsuki no katsura no shimo momiji yado karu sode zo iro ni ideyuku |
On the eternal Moon, beneath the silver trees Scarlet leaves Find brief lodging: my sleeves Are marked with similar hues. |
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