秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
| aki no Fi no ayasiki Fodo no tasogare ni wogi Fuku kaze no oto zo kikoyuru |
Autumn days Are most eerie At dusk, when The sound of wind blowing o’er the silver-grass Is all I hear… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 351
御狩野の草の尾花の靡くまでは風はげしき真白斑の鷹
| mikarino no kusa no obana no nabiku made hakaze hageshiki mashirau no taka |
In the imperal hunting grounds The fronds of silver grass Are blown down By the savage gusts From white speckled hawks! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
GSIS XI: 609
Sent to a woman at the beginning.
霜がれの冬野に立てるむら薄ほのめかさばや思ふ心を
| simogare no Fuyu no ni tateru mura susuki Fonomekasaba ya omoFu kokoro wo |
In frost-burned Winter meadows stand Clusters of silver grass; If only they would briefly reveal The feelings in my heart… |
Taira no Tsune’aki (?-1077)
平経章
SIS XII: 732
Sent to a woman.
よそにても有りにしものを花すすきほのかに見てそ人は恋しき
| yoso nite mo arinisi mono wo Fanasusuki Fonoka ni mite zo Fito Fa koFisiki |
At a distance It was, yet A blossom on the silver grass Seen but briefly makes You so dear to me. |
Anonymous
MYS XVII: 4016
婦負の野のすすき押しなべ降る雪に宿借る今日し悲しく思ほゆ
| mepi no no no susuki wosinabe puru yuki ni yado karu kepu si kanasiku omopoyu |
On the plain of Mehi The silver grass is weighed down by Falling snow, where I take lodging, and today especially Sadness lies heavy on me. |
Takechi no Kurohito
高市黒人
MYS VIII: 1538
[One of] two poems composed by Yamanoue no Okura listing the flowers of the autumn fields.
萩の花尾花葛花なでしこの花をみなへしまた藤袴朝顔の花
| pagi no pana wobana kudupana nadesiko no pana wominapesi mata pudibakama asagapo no pana |
Bush clover blooms, Silver grass and kudzu, Pinks, Valerian And fujibakama, Morning glory blooms. |
Yamanoue no Okura
山上憶良
SZS IV: 271
Composed on the conception of thinking about flowers in the meadows.
今はしも穂に出でぬらむ東路の石田の小野の篠の小薄
| ima wa simo Fo ni idenuramu adumadi no iFata no wono no sino no wosusuki |
Now it is that Their fronds seem to appear: On the eastern roads, Through Iwata meadows, Fresh silver-grass among the arrow bamboo. |
Fujiwara no Kore’ie
藤原伊家
Eikyū hyakushu 216
秋風の荻の葉は過ぐる音はしてまだ衣手の暑くもあるかな
| akikaze no ogi no ha suguru oto wa shite mada koromode no atsuku mo aru kana |
The autumn breeze Passing over fronds of silver grass I hear; Yet my sleeves Are heavy with heat… |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Horikawa hyakushu 682
今来むと契りしほどの夕暮は荻のは風ぞ人頼めなる
| ima komu to chigirishi hodo no yūgure wa ogi no ha kaze zo hito tanomenaru |
That he would come now He did vow, but On that evening The wind passing o’er the silver grass fronds Alone was faithful to me! |
Fujiwara no Akinaka
Horikawa hyakushu 674
秋来ぬと賤が庵には告げねども荻のは風のしるきなりけり
| aki kinu to shizu ga io ni wa tsugenedomo ogi no ha kaze no shiru kinarikeri |
That autumn has come At the peasants’ huts Is not announced, yet Wind passing o’er the silver grass fronds Does know and come regardless… |
Ōe no Masafusa