神無月しぐれふればかなら山のならのはがしは風にうつろふ
kaminazuki
shigure fureba ka
narayama no
nara no hagashiwa
kaze ni utsurou | In the Godless Month,
Is it the falling showers, perhaps, that
On Nara Mountain
Make the oak leaves
Scatter with the wind? |
みむろ山もみぢ散るらし神無月たつ田の河に錦おりかく
mimuroyama
momiji chirurashi
kaminazuki
tatsuta no kawa ni
nishiki orikaku | Upon Mount Mimuro
The scarlet leaves have fallen, it seems, for
In the Godless Month
The Tatsuta River
Is all spread with their brocade. |
はつ時雨ふりにし日より神なびのもりの梢ぞ色まさりゆく
hatsushigure
furinishi hi yori
kaminabi no
mori no kozue zo
iro masariyuku | Since the first chill shower
Fell that day
In the sacred
Grove, the treetops
Are turning to hues most fine! |
よしの川紅葉ばながる滝のうへのみふねの山に嵐ふくらし
yoshinogawa
momijiba nagaru
taki no ue no
mifune no yama ni
arashi fukurashi | The River Yoshino
Runs with scarlet leaves
Atop the cataract—
Upon Mifune Mountain
It seems a storm is raging. |
春といひ夏とすぐして秋風の吹上のはまに冬はきにけり
haru to ii
natsu to sugushite
akikaze no
fukiage no hama ni
fuyu wa kinikeri | Spring, they say, then
Spend the summer where
The autumn breeze
Blows up the sand on Fukiage Beach—
Winter has come. |
散りつもる木の葉くちにし谷水も氷にとづる冬はきにけり
chiritsumoru
ko no ha kuchinishi
tanimizu mo
kōri ni tozuru
fuyu wa kinikeri | Fallen, piled high,
The trees’ leaves have rotted, as
The valley’s stream is
Sealed with ice—
Winter has come. |
夕づくよさはべにたてるあしたづの鳴くねかなしき冬はきにけり
yūzukuyo
sawabe ni tateru
ashitazu no
naku ne kanashiki
fuyu wa kinikeri | On a moonlit night
Arising from the marsh side
The cranes’
Cries tell that sad
Winter has come. |
Among my poems on the beginning of winter.
木の葉ちり秋もくれにしかた岡のさびしきもりに冬はきにけり
ko no ha chiri
aki mo kurenishi
kataoka no
sabishiki mori ni
fuyu wa kinikeri | All the leaves have scattered, and
Upon autumn night has fallen—
To the hillside’s
Lonely forest
Winter has come. |
Composed on the 1st day of the Tenth Month
秋はいぬかぜに木のはの散りはてて山さびしかる冬は来にけり
aki wa inu
kaze ni ko no ha no
chirihatete
yama sabishikaru
fuyu wa kinikeri | Autumn has passed;
With the wind the trees’ leaves
Have all scattered away, and
To the lonely mountains
Winter has come. |
| Shinpen kokka taikan no. | 13 |
| Heian-chō uta’awase taisei no. | 25 |
| Title | 内裏菊合 延喜十三年 |
| Romanised Title | Dairi kiku awase Engi jusan nen |
| Translated Title | Palace Chrysanthemum Contest Engi 13 |
| Alternative Title(s) | |
| Date | 13/10 Engi 13 [13.11.913 |
| Extant Poems | 14 |
| Sponsor | |
| Identifiable Participants | Okikaze; Suetada; Korenori; Kanesuke; Korehira; Tsurayuki; Mitsune |
| Judgements | N |
| Topics | 菊 (chrysanthemums) |
'Simply moving and elegant'
