あさぎりにかたまどはしてなくかりのこゑぞたえせぬ秋の山べは
asagiri ni kata madowashite naku kari no koe zo taesenu aki no yamabe wa In the morning mists
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山ざとはあきこそことにかなしけれしかのなくねにめをさましつつ[1]
yamazato wa aki koso koto ni kanashikere shika no naku ne ni me o samashitsutsu In a mountain retreat
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[1] This poem also occurs in Kokinshū (IV: 214 ), where it is attributed to [Mibu no] Tadamine.
はまちどりあきとしなればあさぎりにかたまどはしてなかぬ日ぞなき
hamachidori aki to shinareba asagiri ni kata madowashite nakanu hi zo naki The plovers on the beach:
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あきくればみやまざとこそわびしけれよるはほたるをともしびにして[1]
aki kureba miyamazato koso wabishikere yoru wa hotaru o tomoshibi ni shite When the autumn comes
4
[1] This poem also appears as Fubokushō 5545 where is it is listed as by Ōe no Chisato
Being quiet in company with a bush warbler (鶯閑中友)
Left
うぐひすのこゑを友にてくらすかなひとりながむる春の山里
uguisu no koe o tomo nite kurasu kana hitori nagamuru haru no yamazato O, with a warbler’s
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Right
山家はなく鶯のこゑのみぞのどけき春の友ときこゆる
yama ie wa naku uguisu no koe nomi zo nodokeki haru no tomo to kikoyuru In a dwelling in the mountains
Fujiwara no Kunimoto, Ranked without Office
Composed as a poem on deer.
山ざとのあか月がたの鹿のねは夜半のあはれのかぎりなりけり
yamazato no In a mountain hut
Jien
First Snow 初雪
都人まづこはみせん山ざとの庭のこけぢにふれるはつ雪
miyakobito To folk from the capital
Nakazane
First Snow 初雪
さらぬだに人もとひこぬ山ざとにあやにくなれやけさの初雪
saranu dani Of no account at all, and
Akinaka
Composed for a poetry competition held during the reign of Emperor Uda.
見る人もなき山里のさくらばなほかのちりなんのちぞさかまし
miru Fito mo With folk to see you
Ise
Spring Sun
花もまたにほはずみゆる山ざとに春の日ぐらしながめをぞする
hana mo mata The blossom has yet
Higo
The poetry competition held at the residence of Yukihira, the Minister of Popular Affairs: Left and Right prepared tableau, among other things. The tableau were in the form of rustic dwellings. Poems were composed on these in relation to cuckoo calls.
Left (Tie) – on the form of a mountain dwelling
natu Fukaki
Deep in summer
1
Right – on the form of a country house
arenikeru
Gone to ruin is
2
Composed at his hut in the mountains, after becoming a monk.
山里は庭の梢の音待ても世をすさみたる景色なるかな
yamazato wa
In a mountain dwelling,
Saigyō
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