祈りつつなほ九月の菊の花いづれの秋か植て見ざらむ
inoritutu
naFo nagatuki no
kiku no Fana
idure no aki ka
uwete mizaramu |
As we pray,
The Ninth Month’s
Chrysanthemum blooms:
Will there ever be an autumn
When they go unplanted? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
九月の九日ごとに摘む菊の花もかひなく老いにけるかな
nagatuki no
kokonoka goto ni
tumu kiku no
Fana mo kaFinaku
oinikeru kana |
On every Ninth Month’s
Ninth day,
The plucked chrysanthemum
Blooms, too, pointlessly
Do age! |
Hōō
ほうわう
'Simply moving and elegant'