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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Falling Leaves
ぬれ色のにしきを庭にしく物はしぐれにきほふもみぢなりけり
nure’iro no
nishiki o niwa ni
shiku mono wa
shigure ni kiou
momiji narikeri | Damp dark the hues
Of brocade upon the grounds:
Spread by
A struggle with the showers
Are scarlet leaves. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
竜田姫花の錦の唐衣をいそぐか虫のよるもはたおる
tatsutahime
hana no nishiki no
karaginu o
isogu ka mushi no
yoru mo hata oru |
Princess Tatsuta
A brocade of blossom for
A Cathay robe:
Swiftly that the insects
Come, does she weave upon her loom? |
Fujiwara no Takasue
藤原隆季
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばのちる木のもとにやどかりてたびねの床に錦をぞしく
momijiba no
chiru ko no moto ni
yado karite
tabine no toko ni
nishiki o zo shiku | Scarlet leaves
Fall at the tree’s foot where
I find my lodging;
My traveller’s bed is
Scattered all with brocade! |
Daishin
Falling Leaves
ちりしけるしづはた山の紅葉ばを苔ぢにおれるにしきとぞ見る
chirishikeru
shizu hatayama no
momijiba o
kokeji ni oreru
nishiki to zo miru | Fallen all
On the peasants’ moutain fields are
Scarlet leaves,
Woven on the mossy paths
They do seem like brocade! |
Tadafusa
雲のゐる富士の鳴澤風越して清見が関に錦織かく
kumo no iru
fuji no narusawa
kaze koshite
kiyomi ga seki ni
nishiki orikaku |
Clouds lie
On Narusawa by Fuji:
The wind passing
The barrier at Kiyomi
Weaves a fine brocade. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
[Composed] at Nishiki Bay.
名に高き錦の浦をきて見れば潛かぬあまは少なかりけり
na ni takaki
nisiki no ura wo
kite mireba
kadukanu ama Fa
sukunakarikeri |
Of high renown is
The brocaded Bay of Nishiki;
When I viewed the sight:
Of undecorated fisher-folk above the waves
There were not a few, indeed! |
The Monk Dōmyō
'Simply moving and elegant'