Falling Leaves
濡色の錦を庭に敷くものは時雨に競ふ紅葉なりけり
| 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
Falling Leaves
逢坂の筧の水に流るるは音羽の山の紅葉なりけり
| ausaka no kakehi no mizu ni nagaruru wa otowa no yama no momiji narikeri | At Meeting Hill The waters from the pipes Do run With Otowa Mountain’s Scarlet leaves. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばの散る木のもとに宿借りて旅寝の床に錦をぞ敷く
| 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
散りしける賤畑山の紅葉ばを苔ぢに織れる錦とぞ見る
| 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
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばを夜半の嵐の敷く庭は物忘れせて朝きよめすな
| momijiba o yowa no arashi no shiku niwa wa monowasuresete asa kiyomesu na |
Scarlet leaves By the midnight storm Are spread around the grounds: Put all from your mind, and Clear them not this morning! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Composed on falling leaves.
三室山もみぢちるらし旅人の菅の小笠 ににしきおりかく
| mimuroyama momidi tirurasi tabibito no suge no wogasa ni siki orikaku |
Upon Mimuro Mountain The scarlet leaves seem to have fallen: For upon the traveller’s Little umbrella of sedge Are they spread all over. |
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
源経信
這う蔦のなきよなりせば松が枝にかかる紅葉の色を見ましや
| hau tsuta no nakiyo nariseba matsu ga e ni kakaru momiji no iro o mimashi ya |
Trailing ivy: Were there none in this world, Upon the pine boughs Clinging scarlet leaves’ Hues would I see? |
Minamoto no Tadafusa
源忠房
花の散り紅葉流るる山川も人を渡さむためとこそ聞け
| hana no chiri momiji nagaruru yamakawa mo hito o watasamu tame to koso kike |
Blossoms fall, and Flowing scarlet leaves This mountain stream Would hand to her – That is what it sounds like! |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
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
秋暮れて紅葉流るる竜田川はやく見し夜や恋ひしかるらむ
| aki kurete momiji nagaruru tatsutagawa hayaku mishi yo ya koishikaruramu |
As autumn reaches twilight, Flowing scarlet leaves On Tatsuta River Did I see early one night? That now seem so dear to me… |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
藤原俊成