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SZS IV: 230

Composed on the conception of the beginning of autumn.

秋はきぬ年もなかばにすぎぬとやをぎ吹くかぜのおどろかすらん

aki wa kinu
toshi mo nakaba ni
suginu to ya
ogi fuku kaze no
odorokasuran
Autumn, indeed, has come; and
The year, too, has its midpoint
Reached, perhaps?
The gusting wind upon the silver grass
Seems to startle me awake.

Monk Jakunen

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.