Autumn
Round Seven
Left
秋山はからくれなゐに成りにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけん
akiyama wa karakurenai ni narinikeri iku shio shigure furite someken The autumn mountains To Cathay scarlet Have turned; How many dippings with drizzle Have fallen to dye them so?
13[1]
Right (Win)
秋きぬとめにはさやかにみえねども風の音にぞおどろかれぬる
aki kinu to me ni wa sayaka ni mienedomo kaze no oto ni zo odorokarenuru That autumn has come With my eyes, clearly, I cannot see, yet The sound of the wind Has startled me.
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 14[2]
[1] Shokugosenshū VII: 429
[2] This poem was particularly highly evaluated and so is included in numerous other anthologies (Kokin rokujō I: 125), exemplary collections (Shinsen waka 2) and senka awase – contests assembled from prior poems (Shunzei sanjū roku nin uta’awase 61; Jidai fudō uta’awase 49).
Composed on plovers.
沖つ潮指出の磯の浜千鳥風寒からし夜半に友呼ぶ
oki tsu shio sashide no iso no hama chidori kaze samukarashi yowa ni tomo yobu From the offing the tides Strike the shore at Sashide; On the beach plovers, Chilled by the wind Call for their mates at midnight.
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor [Fujiwara no] Nagakata (1139-1191) 藤原長方
Topic unknown.
さざなみや志賀のからさき風さえてひらのたかねに霰ふるなり
sazanami ya shiga no karasaki kaze saete hira no takane ni arare furunari Wavelets wash Karasaki in Shiga, and The wind is chill, so On the high peaks of Hira The hail must be falling.
The Hosshōji Lay Priest, former Chancellor and Palace Minister [Fujiwara no Tadamichi]
Topic unknown.
をぎのはにつゆふきむすぶこがらしのおとぞよさむになりまさるなる
wogi no Fa ni tuyu Fukimusubu kogarasi no oto zo yosamu ni narimasaru naru Silver grass fronds Blown with tangling dewdrops, The biting wind’s Howl, night’s chill Does make the stronger.
Fujiwara no Akitsuna
Composed on the conception of the autumn wind at a mountain retreat.
山ざとのしづの松がきひまをあらみいたくなふきそこがらしのかぜ
yamazato no sidu no matugaki Fima wo arami itaku na Fuki so kogarasi no kaze Around this mountain dwelling The peasant’s pinewood fence Has gap aplenty; Blow not so hard, O, biting wind!
Ōmiya Echizen 大宮越前
In reply.
こがらしのもりのした草風はやみ人のなげきはおひそひにけり
kogarasi no mori no sitagusa kaze Fayami Fito no nageki Fa oFisoFinikeri The biting wind upon The forest’s undergrowth Blows fast; The trees of grief Have grown ever taller.
Anonymous
On the cold wind.
木がらしのおとはすぎにし時なれどときはにつねに松にふく風
kogarashi no oto wa suginishi toki naredo tokiwa ni tsune ni matsu ni fuku kaze The biting wind’s Howl has passed And yet, The evergreens always Pine for the gusting breeze.
Anonymous
Composed when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
こがらしの雲ふきはらふたかねよりさえても月のすみのぼるかな
kogarasi no kumo FukiFaraFu takane yori saetemo tuki no suminoboru kana The biting wind Blows the clouds From off the high peaks, ‘Tis cold, but the moon Climbs clear!
Minamoto no Toshiyori (Shunrai)
山ざとは秋こそものはかなしけれねざめねざめにしかはなきつつ
yamazato wa aki koso mono wa kanashikere nezame nezame ni shika wa nakitsutsu A mountain retreat in Autumn is much more Sad; Waking, ever waking To the stags constant cries…
29
ことのねをかぜのしらべにまかせてはたつたひめこそあきはひくらし
koto no ne o kaze no shirabe ni makasete wa tatsustahime koso aki wa hikurashi A zither’s strains By the wind tuned Up— Princess Tatsuta Is plucking out the notes of autumn, it seems.
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Wisteria blooming by a river bank
Left さだめなく吹く風なれば池水のきしをめぐりてよする藤なみ
sadamenaku fuku kaze nareba ikemizu no kishi o megurite yosuru Fujinami Inconstant is The gusting wind, so By the pondwater’s Bank and all along it Break wisteria waves…
Fujiwara no Munenari 11
Right
藤なみのかからぬ岸のなければやこぎくる舟のよるひまのなき
fujinami no kakaranu kishi no nakereba ya kogikuru fune no yoru hima no naki Untouched by wisteria waves Such a bank Is there not one? Come rowing, the boats Have not a moment to make shore.
Lesser Superintendant Fujiwara no Sadamitsu 12
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