Wind
Left (Win)
おはらきのもりのくずはもふくかぜにもみぢもあへずちりやしぬらん
oharaki no
mori no kuzuha mo
fuku kaze ni
momiji mo aezu
chiri ya shinuran | In Oharaki
Among the groves, will the kudzu leaves,
When the wind does blow
Parting from the scarlet leaves
Scatter, too, I wonder? |
Tamemasa
3
Right
みかきののくさこそなびけよろづよのはじめのあきのかぜのこゑかも
mikaki no no
kusa koso nabike
yorozu yo no
hajime no aki no
kaze no koe kamo | In the fields by the sacred walls
The grasses do sway;
Ten thousand generations’
First autumn
Breeze sounds out! |
Nagayoshi
4
Zithers 筝
まつかぜの吹くにかよひてことの音は秋のしらべの身にもしむかな
matsukaze no
fuku ni kayoite
koto no ne wa
aki no shirabe no
mi ni mo shimu kana | The wind through pine trees
Blowing blending with
A zither’s notes—
The melodies of autumn
Do pierce my soul! |
Daishin
Zithers 筝
ことのねをひきくらべてやしらべまし秋風なれば身にもしむかな
koto no ne o
hikikurabete ya
shirabemashi
aki kaze nareba
mi ni mo shimu kana | A zither’s notes
Plucked out—
O, how I would tune them!
For the autumn wind
Does pierce my soul! |
Akinaka
Katsura 桂
人しれずけふをしまつと風はやみかつらの枝を折りもよわらず
hito shirezu
kyō o shimatsu to
kaze hayami
katsura no eda o
ori mo yowarazu | Unknown to all
For today have I made ready –
Amid the rushing wind
The katsura branches will
I break without hesitation! |
Toshiyori
Katsura 桂
我が身には吹くべき風も吹きこねばかつらの枝もをらずぞ有りける
wa ga mi ni wa
fukubeki kaze mo
fukikoneba
katsura no eda mo
orazu zo arikeru | Upon my flesh
I expect the touch of wind, but
Not a gust does come, so
The katsura branches, too,
Have remained unbroken. |
Nakazane
Ponds 池
吹く風にみくさかたよる池水はなかばくもれるかがみなりけり
fuku kaze ni
mikusa katayoru
ikemizu wa
nakaba kumoreru
kagami narikeri | With the gusting wind
The waterweeds trail through
The pondwater, turning
What lies within into a clouded
Mirror. |
Kanemasa
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
たのめしはさしもあらじにあぢきなく人待つかぜの身にもしむかな
tanomeshi wa
sashimo araji ni
ajikinaku
hito matsu kaze no
mi ni mo shimu kana | When trustworthiness
Seems to be in such short supply,
Bored
I await him with the wind
Cutting me more deeply! |
Daishin
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
風さへもおどろかすかなたのめずはまたて中中ねなましものを
kaze sae mo
odorokasu kana
tanomezu wa
matate naka naka
nenamashi mono o | Even the wind
Starts me from sleep!
You made me no promises,
So, while waiting, desultorily
Will I make my bed… |
Higo
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
吹風と谷の水としなかりせば深山がくれの花を見ましや
Fuku kaze to
tani no midu to si
nakariseba
miyama gakure no
Fana wo mimasi ya | The gusting wind and
The valley’s waters
Were there none, then
Hidden in the mountains’ depths
These blossoms – would any wish to see them? |
Tsurayuki
Topic unknown.
うぐひすのなく野べごとに来てみればうつろふ花に風ぞ吹ける
uguFisu no
naku nobe goto ni
kitemireba
uturoFu Fana ni
kaze zo fukikeru | The warblers
Sing from every field, and
When I arrive I see,
Faded flowers blown
By the gusting wind. |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'