□□さとにをしみぞとむるきくのはな霜にうつろふいろをみむとか
…sato ni
oshimi zo tomuru
kiku no hana
shimo ni utsurou
iro o mimu to ka | Around my … estate
Regrets linger for
The chrysanthemum blooms,
Fading beneath the frost
Would I see their hues, I wonder? |
Masau[1]
19
ももしきにうつろふいろははつしものおきてかひあるこよひなりけり
momoshiki ni
utsurou iro wa
hatsushimo no
okite kai aru
koyoi narikeri | Within the hundred-fold palace
Fading hues with
First frost’s
Fall have some significance
Tonight. |
Nakatsura[2]
20
[1] Possibly Taira no Masau 平將文
[2] Possibly Minamoto no Nakatsura 源仲連
いろふかくをしみぞとむるきくの花よをへてみよとしもはおかなむ
iro fukaku
oshimi zo tomuru
kiku no hana
yo o hete miyo to
shimo wa okanamu | Their hues as deep
As my lingering regrets,
‘The chrysanthemum blooms
Behold through the passing night!’
For the frosts will fall. |
[Fujiwara no] Motokata
17
かをとめてをしむばかりぞきくのはなしももきえずはいろもみえじを
ka o tomete
oshimu bakari zo
kiku no hana
shimo mo kiezu wa
iro mo mieji o | Their lingering scent
I simply do regret, for from
The chrysanthemum blooms
The frosts will not vanish away and
Their hues will fade from sight. |
[Minamoto no] Moro’akira
18
うつろふとなにかいふべききくのはな霜のなかにもいろぞまされる
utsurou to
nani ka iubeki
kiku no hana
shimo no naka ni mo
iro zo masareru | ‘They’ll fade away,’
What do you mean to say, of
The chrysanthemum blooms, for
Even amidst the frost,
Their hues are, indeed, most fine! |
Shirake[1]
13
きくのはなしもにうつるとをしみしはこきむらさきにそむるなりけり
kiku no hana
shimo ni utsuru to
oshimishi wa
koki murasaki ni
somuru narikeri | Chrysanthemum blooms
Struck by frost—
O, I did regret that
Deep violet
They had begun to turn! |
[Taira no] Mareyo
14
[1] Possibly Minamoto no Shirake 源精
ももしきにをしみとめたるきくのはないくたびおかむ霜にうつらん
momoshiki ni
oshimi tometaru
kiku no hana
iku tabi okamu
shimo ni utsuran | Within the hundredfold palace
Regretfully lingering are
Chrysanthemum blooms—
How many times, I wonder, will they be struck
By falling frost? |
[Ōe no] Chifuru
11
霜がれにをしみはじむるきくのはなちるまつまでにちらずもあらなん
shimogare ni
oshimi hajimuru
kiku no hana
chiru matsu made ni
chirazu mo aranan | Burned by frost
Regrets begin for
The chrysanthemum blooms
While waiting for them to scatter
I wish that they’d not, at all… |
Susuku
12
いづこにかかをやどすらんきくのはな色をば霜にとどめおきつつ
izuko ni ka
ka o yadosuran
kiku no hana
iro oba shimo ni
todome’okitsutsu | Where is it that
Their fragrance will find lodging?
For the chrysanthemum blooms’
Hues by the frost’s
Fall have been ended… |
Taira no Koremochi
9
うつろはぬさきにをりてもきくの花霜の心もうしろめたきに
utsurowanu
saki ni orite mo
kiku no hana
shimo no kokoro mo
ushirometaki ni | Yet unfaded,
Earlier were picked
These chrysanthemum blooms, for
The frost’s heart, too,
Cannot be trusted… |
[Fujiwara no] Korehira
10
ももしきにしもはおくともきくの花ちよの冬までうつろふなゆめ
momoshiki ni
shimo wa okutomo
kiku no hana
chiyo no fuyu made
utsurounayume | Upon the hundred-fold palace
The frost may fall, yet
These chrysanthemum blooms,
Though winter last a thousand ages,
Will not fade, at all… |
[Minamoto no] Koremochi
5
きくのはなちとせみまくのほしければをしみしよるのあくるもしらず
kiku no hana
chitose mimaku no
hoshikereba
oshimi yoru no
akuru mo shirazu | O, chrysanthemums!
For a thousand years to gaze on them
Is my desire, then
The regrets of night’s
Dawn I would never know! |
[Fujiwara no] Kunimoto
6
霜のうへにのこれるきくのいろふかくをしむ心はなにならなくに
shimo no ue ni
nokoreru kiku no
iro fukaku
oshimu kokoro wa
nani naranaku ni | Atop the frost,
The lingering chrysanthemums’
Hues are deep, so
Regret within my heart
There should not be, yet… |
Prince Iwa
3
いてしよも霜のうへなるきくのはなうつらぬほどにちよをかぞへむ
iteshi yo mo
shimo no ue naru
kiku no hana
utsuranu hodo ni
chiyo o kazoemu | On frozen nights, too,
O’er the frost
While the chrysanthemum blooms
Remain unfaded,
I would count a thousand ages. |
Saimo no kami
4
むば玉のいもが黒かみうちなびき冬ふかきよに霜ぞ置きける
mubatama no
imo ga kurokami
uchinabiki
fuyu fukaki yo ni
shimo zo okikeru | Lily-seed dark
My darling’s tresses of black
Trail out,
Deep one winter’s night
As the frost is falling. |
Frost on the plain
花すすきかれたる野べにおく霜のむすぼほれつつ冬はきにけり
hanasusuki
karetaru nobe ni
oku shimo no
musubōretsutsu
fuyu wa kinikeri | The fronds of silver grass
Have withered on the plain, where
Falling frost reveals
That ever-gloomy
Winter has come. |
あづまぢの道の冬草かれにけりよなよな霜やおきまさるらん
azumaji no
michi no fuyukusa
karenikeri
yonayona shimo ya
okimasaruran | On Eastern paths
In winter, the roadside grasses
Have withered;
Night after night does the frost
Fall there so heavily? |
'Simply moving and elegant'
