Left (Tie).
たゞ今の野原ををのがものと見てこゝろづよくも歸る秋かな
| tada ima no nohara o ono ga mono to mite kokorozuyoku mo kaeru aki kana |
Now, before me should This plain be my Own, How strongly would I wish For the return of autumn! |
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Right
冬はたゞ飛鳥の里の旅枕おきてやいなむ秋の白露
| fuyu wa tada asuka no sato no tabimakura okite ya inamu aki no shiratsuyu |
Winter will be here with The morrow; in the estate at Asuka, Pillowed, on a journey: Arising, and away— Will autumn depart with the dewfall? |
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Left.
あさなあさなあへず散りしく葛の葉に置そふ霜の秋ぞすくなき
| asana asana aezu chirishiku kuzu no ha no okisou shimo no aki zo sukunaki |
Morning after morning Never ceasing, scatter Arrowroot leaves, Burdened by frost: There’s little left, of Autumn now. |
77
Right (Win)
秋はいぬ夕日がくれの峰の松四方の木の葉の後もあひ見ん
| aki wa inu yūhigakure no mine no matsu yomo no ko no ha no nochi mo aimin |
Autumn is now gone; The evening sun concealing Peaks, topped with pines, About them, fallen leaves: An aftermath we’ll watch together. |
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Left.
長月の月の有明の時雨ゆへ明日の紅葉の色もうらめし
| nagatsuki no tsuki no ariake no shigure yue asu no momiji no iro mo urameshi |
Late in autumn, when The moon lingers in the sky at dawn, From the drizzle, In the morning scarlet leaves’ Hue is deepened—how I envy them! |
75
Right (Win)
時わかぬ浪さへ色に泉河はゝそのもりにあらし吹らし
| toki wakanu nami sae iro ni izumigawa hahaso no mori ni arashi fukurashi |
The constant Current: even it has broken out in hues anew; By Izumi River Through the oak forest has The storm wind blown, no doubt! |
76
Left (Tie).
契ありてうつろはむとや白菊の紅葉の下の花に咲けん
| chigiri arite utsurowamu to ya shiragiku no momiji no shita no hana ni sakiken |
Was there a pledge, Perhaps, to turn together? White chrysanthemums Beneath the autumn leaves Have burst into bloom. |
73
Right
ゆふづく日うつる木の葉や時雨にしきゞ浪そむる秋の浦風
| yûzuku hi utsuru ko no ha ya shigurenishi kigi nami somuru aki no urakaze |
The setting sun Shines from the leaves, Drenched with drizzle, The trees washed by wavelets As the wind blows cross the bay at Autumn time. |
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Left (Win).
時雨つゝ袖だにほさぬ秋の日にさこそ三室の山はそむらめ
| shiguretsutsu sode dani hosanu aki no hi ni sa koso mimuro no yama wa somurame |
Drizzling on and on, so My sleeves are never dry On this autumn day Surely, the mount of Mimuro Must be yet more deeply dyed. |
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Right
久方の月の桂の下紅葉宿かる袖ぞ色にいでゆく
| hisakata no tsuki no katsura no shimo momiji yado karu sode zo iro ni ideyuku |
On the eternal Moon, beneath the silver trees Scarlet leaves Find brief lodging: my sleeves Are marked with similar hues. |
72
Left (Tie).
さを鹿のふすや草村うらがれて下もあらはに秋風ぞ吹
| saoshika no fusu ya kusamura uragarete shita mo arawani akikaze zo fuku |
The stag Makes his bed on thick-grown grass, Wilting at the tips; Beneath it, plain, The autumn wind is blowing. |
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Right
ゆふづく日むかひの崗の薄紅葉まだきさびしき秋の色かな
| yûzuku hi mukai no oka no usumomiji madaki sabishiki aki no iro kana |
The evening sun On yonder hills, Leaves touched with faint scarlet hues: How swift is the sadness Brought by the shades of autumn. |
70
Left (Win).
高砂の外にも秋は有るものを我ゆふぐれと鹿はなくなり
| takasago no hoka ni mo aki wa aru mono o wa ga yūgure to shika wa nakunari |
In Takasago Alone, autumn It is not, yet as if This dusk is his solely, The stag is belling. |
67
Right
思ひあへず秋ないそぎそ小男鹿のつまどふ山の小田の初霜
| omoiaezu aki na isogi so saoshika no tsumadou yama no oda no hatsushimo |
How unexpected: Autumn, haste not! The stags for Does are seeking on the mount; The plots by first frost touched. |
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Left.
秋風にそよぐ田の面のいねがてにまつ明方の初雁の聲
| aki kaze ni soyogu ta no mo no ine ga te ni matsu akekata no hatsukari no koe |
The autumn wind Rustles o’er the fields Of rice; sleepless I await the dawn’s First goose-call. |
65
Right (Win)
生駒山あらしも秋の色に吹手染の糸のよるぞかなしき
| ikoma yama arashi mo aki no iro ni fuku tezome no ito no yoru zo kanashiki |
Upon Ikoma Mountain The storm wind with autumn’s longing Hues is gusting; Hand-dyed thread Twining in the night is sad, indeed. |
66
Left (Win).
山賤の身のためにうつ衣ゆへ秋の哀を手にまかすらむ
| yamagatsu no mi no tame ni utsu koromo yue aki no aware o te ni makasuramu |
The mountain folk Full, for my sake, These clothes, so Is it that all of autumn’s sadness is In their hands? |
63
Right
川風に夜わたる月のさむければ八十氏人も衣うつなり
| kawa kaze ni yo wataru tsuki no samukereba yaso ujibito mo koromo utsunari |
Carried on the river breeze The sky-traversing moon Is chill, so All the folk of Uji Full their clothes. |
64
Left.
白妙の衣しでうつひゞきより置まよふ霜の色にいづらむ
| shirotae no koromo shide utsu hibiki yori okimayou shimo no iro ni izuramu |
White mulberry cloth Garb fulled hard: Do the echoes Fretful frostfall’s Hues bring forth? |
61
Right (Win)
秋とだにわすれむとおもふ月影をさもあやにくにうつ衣かな
| aki to dani wasuremu to omou tsukikage o samo ayaniku ni utsu koromo kana |
My autumn longings, at least, Thought I to forget, amongst The moonlight, Yet, alas, how Sad the sound of fulling cloth… |
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