Autumn Winds 秋風
色見えで身にもしむかなすがる鳴く小萩が原の秋の夕風
iro miede
mi ni shimu kana
sugaru naku
kohagi ga hara no
aki no yūkaze | Passion’s secret hues
Do pierce my breast!
Stags belling from
The fresh bush clover meadows, carried
On the autumn wind. |
Tadafusa
Autumn Winds 秋風
秋きてはしのびなあへそとおもへばや風おとづれてくれかかるらん
aki kite wa
shinobi na ae so to
omoeba ya
kaze otozurete
kurekakaruran | With autumn’s coming
No lover’s meetings would occur –
Or so I thought, but
The wind comes visiting
With the fall of twilight. |
Toshiyori
Autumn Winds 秋風
おもへどもうきことしげき秋風は身にしむばかりかなしかりけり
omoedomo
uki koto shigeki
akikaze wa
mi ni shimu bakari
kanashikarikeri | In my thoughts I dwell, yet with a
Lush crop of cruelty does
The autumn wind
Pierce my breast, bringing simply
Sadness. |
Nakazane
Autumn Winds 秋風
秋の夜のきぬたの音を聞くからにうちつけなれや風ぞうらむる
aki no yo no
kinuta no oto o
kiku kara ni
uchitsukenare ya
kaze zo uramuru | On an autumn night
The sound of cloth against a fulling block
I hear, and so
Should I feel more at ease,
At that despicable wind? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'