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神な月ふりみふらずみ定なき時雨ぞ冬の始なりける
kaminaduki Furi mi Furazu mi sadamenaki sigure zo fuyu no Fazimenarikeru | In the Godless Month Falling, and then not, so Uncertain are The showers, but winter Has begun, indeed! |
Anonymous

Winter.
たつた山みねのしぐれの糸よわみぬけどみだるるよもの紅葉葉
tatsutayama mine no shigure no ito yowami nukedo midaruru yomo no momijiba | Upon Mount Tatsuta The showers on the peak Are fragile threads, indeed— They tug, yet leave confused The scarlet leaves everywhere… |
山家にはならのから葉の散敷きてしぐれの音もはげしかりけり
yamaga ni wa nara no karaba no chirishikite shigure no oto mo hageshikarikeri | In a mountain hut The withered oak leaves Scattering around and The shower’s sound is Severe, indeed! |
Tamemitsu
Toshiyori’s judgement:
The poem on a mountain hut uses ‘withered oak leaves’ which sounds particularly poor; if one wants to refer to withered leaves then I would conclude the poem with this and not continue. In addition, I wonder about saying ‘the shower’s sound is severe’ – it gives the impression of standing on the peak of Mount Arachi and looking down upon the valley below.
Composed on the conception of showers at a lodging on a journey, when people were composing for the Poetry Match at the Sumiyoshi Shrine.
もしほ草しきつのうらのねざめにはしぐれにのみや袖はぬるらん
mosiFogusa sikitu no ura no nezame ni Fa sigure ni nomi ya sode Fa nururan | Salt-seaweed grasses grow On the beach at Shikitsu where On waking is it By the showers alone That my sleeves have dampened? |
Monk Shun’e
On the conception of the moon in winter after the rain.
いまはとてねなましものをしぐれつる空ともみえずすめる月かな
ima wa tote nenamashi mono o shiguretsuru sora tomo miezu sumeru tsuki kana | Now, I think, I would to bed, yet The showers that Filled the skies have vanished, and The moon shines so clear! |
Monk Ryōzen
Composed on drizzle, for a notebook match held at the residence of Fujiwara no Chikako, Junior Second Rank.
しぐれつつかつちるやまのもみぢ葉をいかにふくよのあらしなるらん
siguretutu katu tiru yama no momidiba wo ika ni fuku yo no arashi naruran | Constant drizzle falls All over the mountain’s scattered Scarlet leaves, so It may as well blow through the world: The storming wind! |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
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みにそへてもたらぬ秋ををしむとてくれん事こそわびしかりけれ
mi ni soete motaranu aki o oshimu tote kuren koto koso wabishikarikere | It mounts up, Unreliable, autumn Fills me with regret, and That it fades into dusk, indeed, Is truly sad. |
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もみぢつつしぐれふりいでてゆく秋をみねの朝霧たちもとめなん
momijitsutsu shigure furi’idete yuku aki o mine no asagiri tachi mo tomenan | Ever marked with autumn hues The showers fall on Autumn as it goes; The morning mist around the peak Arises, then lingers on. |
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しぐれつつ草ばもなべてもみづともときはの山にあきはとまれり
shiguretsutsu kusaba mo nabete momizu to mo tokiwa no yama ni aki wa tomareri | Ever falls the drizzling rain, and Both leaves and grasses, all, Take on autumn hues, yet Within the evergreen mountains Autumn has halted. |
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をしめども秋はとまらぬ竜田山もみぢを幣とそらにたむけん
oshimedomo aki wa tomaranu tatsutayama momiji o nusa to sora ni tamuken | How I regret it, yet Autumn does not linger upon Tatsuta Mountain: Its autumn leaves as a garland To the skies it seems to offer. |
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