やらのさき月影さむしおきつどりかもといふふねうきねすらしも
yara no saki tsukikage samushi okitsudori kamo to iu fune ukinesurashi mo Above Yara Point [i]
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[i] See: [One of] Ten poems by fishermen from Shiga, in the province of Chikuzen. 奥鳥 鴨云舟者 也良乃崎 多未弖榜来跡 所聞礼許奴可聞 okitsutori / kamo to iu fune wa / yara no saki / tamite kogiku to / kikoekonu kamo ‘As a bird upon the offing / The boat named ‘Duck’ / Around Yara Point / Has come a’rowing— / Won’t someone come to hear…’ (Man’yōshū XVI: 3867
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しぐれふりもみぢのみするやまざとはすみしひとさへうつろひにけり
shigure furi momiji nomi suru yamazato wa sumishi hito sae utsuroinikeri With the falling showers
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しぐれふるもみぢのいろはかはれどもすむひとさへはうつらざりけり
shigure furu momiji no iro wa kawaredomo sumu hito sae wa utsurazarikeri Falling showers
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すむひとのしぐれふりいでてうつろはばちらむもみぢをたれかをしまむ
sumu hito no shigure furi’idete utsurowaba chiramu momiji o tareka oshimamu Should, folk there dwelling
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あしひきのやまぢはあきぞまどひけるつもれるもみぢあとしなければ
ashihiki no yamaji wa aki zo madoikeru tsumoreru momiji ato shinakereba Leg-wearying
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もみぢばをたむけにつめるあきやまにみちみえずともたれかまどはむ
momijiba o tamuke ni tsumeru akiyama ni michi miezu tomo tareka madowamu Scarlet leaves are
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あしひきのやまのもみぢしあかからばみちふみわけてたづぬばかりぞ
ashihiki no yama no momiji shi akakaraba michi fumiwakete tazunu bakari zo The leg-wearying
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On first seeing autumn leaves.
からにしき織りつむ峯のむら紅葉見初る今日はあからめもせず
karanishiki oritsumu mine no muramomiji misomeru kyō wa akarame mo sezu Cathay brocade
Topic unknown.
おもふどちまとゐせるよは唐錦たゝまくおしき物にぞありける
omoFudoti With friendly company
Anonymous
For a folding screen in the residence of the Fourth Princess, during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
流れくる紅葉ば見ればからにしき滝の糸してをれるなりけり
nagarekuru Flowing along,
Tsurayuki
When he had finally, after great effort, received a letter from a woman who would give him no reply.
跡みれば心なぐさのはまちどり今は声こそきかまほしけれ
ato mireba kokoro nagusa no Famatidori ima Fa kowe koso kikamaFosikere Seeing these tracks
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
わすられむ時しのべとや浜千鳥ゆくへもしらぬあとをとどむる
wasuraremu When I had been forgotten,
Anonymous
大海尓 荒莫吹 四長鳥 居名之湖尓 舟泊左右手
おほうみに あらしなふきそ しながとり ゐなのみなとに ふねはつるまで
opoki umi ni arasi na puki so sinagatori wina no minato ni pune patsuru made Across the sea so wide,
Lodging on a journey.
みなと風いたくな吹きそしながどりゐなの水うみに船とむるまで
minato kaze itaku na fuki so shinagatori ina no mizu’umi ni fune tomuru made O, harbour breeze [i]
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[i] See: 大海尓 荒莫吹 四長鳥 居名之湖尓 舟泊左右手 ōki umi ni/ arashi na fuki so / shinagatori / ina no minato ni / fune hatsuru made ‘Across the sea so wide, / Blow not so, o storm wind! Until / At waterbird-filled / Ina port / My boat has come to rest…’ (Man’yōshū VII: 1189
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