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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 6

The Beginning of Autumn

Left (Win—in a certain book Tie)

しぐれにもあめにもあらぬはつぎりのたつにもそらはさしくもりけり

shigure ni mo
ame ni mo aranu
hatsugiri no
tatsu ni mo sora wa
sashikumorikeri
Neither a shower
Nor rain,
The first mists
Simply rise into the skies
And cover all with cloud.

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Right

としごとにあふとはすれどたなばたのぬるよのかずぞすくなかりける

toshi goto ni
au to suredo
tanabata no
nuru yo no kazu zo
sukunakarikeru
Every year
She meets him, yet
The Weaver Maid’s
Nights of passion
Are few indeed.

Mitsune
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ShSZS XIII: 1324

On love in the rain, when she presented a hundred poem sequence for the Hōji hyakushu [1248].

おもひきやなみだにしぼる袖に猶身をしる雨をそへん物とは

omoiki ya
namida ni shiboru
sode ni nao
mi o shiru ame o
soen mono to wa
Never did I think, that
I would wring the tears
From my sleeves yet still
The rain upon my misery
Would add to it…

Tsuchimikado-in no Kosaishō
土御門院小宰相

GYS I: 101

Rain on a spring evening.

つれづれと雨ふりくらす春の日はつねよりながき物にぞ有りける

tsurezure to
ame furikurasu
haru no hi wa
tsune yori nagaki
mono ni zo arikeru
Idly
The rain falls, darkening
The springtime sun—
How much longer than normal
It does seem to last…

Shōgimon’in[1]


[1] Shōgimon’in 章義門院  (?-1336) was the title given to Imperial Princess Yoshiko 誉子, the second daughter of Emperor Fushimi.


Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 48

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あき風にほころびぬらむ藤ばかまつづりさせてふきりぎりす鳴く

akikaze ni
hokorobinuramu
fujibakama
tsuzurisase chō
kirigirisu naku
The autumn wind
Seems to have burst the buds of
The asters
‘Sew them back together!’ say
The crickets’ cries.

Ariwara no Muneyana
94

Right

秋の夜のあめときこえて降りつるは風に散りつる紅葉なりけり

aki no yo no
ame to kikoete
furitsuru wa
kaze ni chiritsuru
momiji narikeri
On an autumn night
The sound of rain
Falling is
The wind scattered
Scarlet leaves.

95

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 10

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水のうへにあやおりみだる春雨や山のみどりをなべてそむらん

mizu no ue ni
aya orimidaru
harusame ya
yama no midori o
nabete somuran
Upon the waters
A confusing pattern paints
The rain of spring—
Will it now the mountains
All dye with green, I wonder?

19[1]

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色ふかくみる野辺だにも常ならば春は行くともかたみならまし

iro fukaku
miru nobe dani mo
tsune naraba
haru wa yuku tomo
katami naramashi
Deep the hues
On display within the meadows—if that
Should be the norm, then
Even when the spring is gone
A keepsake they would be.

20[2]


[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 1/Kokin rokujō I: 460/A minor variant of this poem also occurs in Shinkokinshū (I: 65), where it is attributed to Ise: 水のおもにあやおりみだる春雨や山のみどりをなべてそむらん mizu no omo ni / aya orimidaru / harusame ya / yama no midori o / nabete somuran ‘Upon the water’s surface / A confusing pattern paints / The rain of spring— / Will it now the mountains / All dye with green, I wonder?’

[2] Shinchokusenshū II: 89