Original
さほやまのははそのもみぢちりぬべみよるさへみよとてらすつきかげ
saoyama no
hahaso no momiji
chirinubemi
yoru sae miyo to
terasu tsukikage | Upon Sao Mountain
The oaks’ autumn leaves
Must have scattered, for
Even at night behold!
The shining moonlight… |
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Left (Win)
ひさかたのつきなかりせばさほやまのもみぢはよるのにしきならまし
hisakata no
tsuki nakariseba
saoyama no
momiji wa yoru no
nishiki naramashi | Were the eternal
Moon to cease to be, then
Sao Mountain’s
Autumn leaves for night’s
Brocade would I wish! |
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Right
つきかげのさやけくみゆるさほやまのもみぢをかぜにまかせずもがな
tsukikage no
sayakeku miyuru
saoyama no
momiji o kaze ni
makasezu mogana | In the moonlight,
So clear, I see
Sao Mountain’s
Autumn leaves—to the wind
I would entrust them not! |
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Mist
Left (Tie)
うすしともみゆるものからさほやまのみねのあきぎりあきたちにけり
usushi to mo
miyuru mono kara
saoyama no
mine no akigiri
aki tachinikeri | Faint
Does it appear, so with
Mount Sao’s
Peak in autumn mists
Autumn has come! |
Taira no Tōmi
13
Right
あさぎりはたつともみえずいとどしきをぐらのやまのふもととおもへば
asagiri wa
tatsu mo miezu
itodoshiki
ogura no yama no
fumoto to omoeba | The morning mists
Arise, and hidden
Even more are
Gloomy Mount Ogura’s
Foothills… |
Taira no Sanenao
14
Composed after I had had various people compose on the autumn oak leaves on Mount Sao in a shower.
さほやまのははそのもみぢちぢの色にうつろふ秋は時雨ふりにけり
saoyama no
hahaso no momiji
chiji no iro ni
ustsurou aki wa
shigure furinikeri | Upon Mount Sao
The oaks’ autumn leaves are
A multitude of hues
Shifting in the autumn, for
The showers fall. |
The End of Autumn
Left
あきやまはからくれなゐになりにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけむ
akiyama wa
karakurenai ni
narinikeri
iku shioshigure
furitesomekemu | The autumn mountains
To Cathay scarlet
Have turned;
How many dippings with drizzle
Have fallen to dye them so? |
15
Right (Win)
さほやまのははそのもみぢうすけれどあきはふかくもなりにけるかな
saoyama no
hahaso no momiji
usukeredo
aki wa fukaku mo
narinikeru kana | On Sao Mountain
The oak trees autumn leaves
Are pale in hue, yet
Most deep has autumn
Become! |
Korenori
16
From the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
神無月しぐれふるらしさほ山のまさきのかづら色まさり行く
kaminazuki
shigure fururashi
saoyama no
masaki no kazura
iro masarikeri | In the Godless Month
Showers fall, it seems, for
On Sao Mountain
The evergreen arrowroot’s
Hues are fine, indeed. |
Anonymous
佐保山柞の紅葉薄けれど秋は深くもなりにけるかな
saFoyama no
FaFaso no momidi
usukeredo
aki Fa Fukaku mo
narinikeru kana |
At Saoyama
The oaks’ yellow leaves
Are pale, yet
Autumn so deep
Has become! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
