Composed on the conception of the waters clogged with fallen leaves, when he had gone to the River Ōi.
高瀬舟しぶくばかりにもみぢ葉の流れてくだる大井河かな
| takasebune shibuku bakari ni momijiba no nagarete kudaru ōigawa kana | The punts Simply struggle in The scarlet leaves Flowing down The River Ōi. |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
散りかかる紅葉流るる大堰川いづら井堰の水の柵
| tirikakaru momidi nagaruru oFowigawa idura wiseki no midu no sigarami |
Scattered all around are Flowing scarlet leaves On the River Ōi: Which weir’s Waters will trap them! |
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Composed in the Tenth Month of Jōhō 3 [1076] when the reigning emperor had made a progress to the River Ōi to go hunting.
大井川ふるきながれを尋ねきて嵐のやまの紅葉をぞ見る
| oFowigaFa Furuki nagare wo tadunekite arasi no yama no momidi wo zo miru |
The River Ōi: This ancient flow Have I come to visit, and Around the mount of storms, Scarlet leaves I see! |
Emperor Shirakawa
白河院
Composed when His Majesty’s gentlemen had gone to the River Ōi on the first day of the Tenth Month to compose poetry.
落ちつもる紅葉をみれば大井川井堰に秋もとまる なりけり
| otitumoru momidi wo mireba oFowigaFa iseki ni aki mo tomaru narikeri |
Fallen in piles are The scarlet leaves – when I see them at The River Ōi The weirs and dams autumn Have held in place… |
Former Major Councillor Kintō
前大納言公任
Composed at the River Ōi.
水もなくみえこそわたれ大井河岸の紅葉は雨とふれども
| midu mo naku mie koso watare oFowigaFa kisi no momidi Fa ame to Furedomo |
No water To be seen around at The River Ōi Yet on the banks the scarlet leave Do fall as rain… |
Fujiwara no Sadayori
藤原定頼
Composed on autumn leaves when the late Minister of Ceremonial had gone to the River Ōi.
水上に紅葉ながれて大井河むらごにみゆる瀧の白糸
| minakami ni momidi nagarete oFiwigaFa murago ni miyuru taki no siraito |
From upstream Flow the scarlet leaves upon The River Ōi Seeming to spatter colour on The cataracts’ white threads… |
The Horikawa Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Yorimune]
堀川右大臣 [藤原頼宗]
大堰川鵜舟の手縄うちはへて夜な夜な瀬せをすみかとぞする
| ōikawa ubune no tanawa uchihaete yonayona sese o sumika to zo suru |
Upon the River Ōi The cormorant boats’ hawsers Are tangled; Night after night upon the rapids Do they make their dwelling. |
篝火のかげをうつして大堰川鵜舟くださぬよははあらじな
| kagaribi no kage o utsushite ōigawa ubune kudasanu yo wa araji na |
The torches’ Light reflects from The River Ōi: Cormorant boats do not drift downstream On no night at all… |
篝火の見えぬ夜ぞなき大堰川おなじ鵜舟やおりのぼるらむ
| kagaribi no mienu yo zo naki ōikawa onaji ubune ya orinoboruramu |
Torches Never go unseen at night On the River Ōi: Is it always the same cormorant boat That plies back and forth? |
Fujiwara no Tametada (? – 1136)
藤原為忠
Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
大井河う舟にともすかがり火のかかる世にあふあゆぞはかなき
| ōigawa ubune ni tomosu kagaribi no kakaru se ni au ayu zo hakanaki | On the River Ōi The cormorant boats’ kindled Torches Reflect off the rushing rapids; What sorrow for the sweetfish! |
Daishin