Left.
獨ぬる山鳥の尾のしだり尾に霜置まよふ床の月かげ
| hitori nuru yamadori no o no shidario ni shimo okimayou toko no tsukikage |
Sleeping solitary, A mountain bird’s tail Droops down and down; Frost forming haphazardly On my moon-brushed bed. |
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Right
下荻もおきふし待の月の色に身を吹しほる床の秋かぜ
| shitaogi mo okifushi machi no tsuki no iro ni mi o fukishioru toko no aki kaze |
Even the silver under-grass Arises and abeds, awaiting The mid-month moon in whose Hues I’m drenched, gusting Autumn wind across my bed. |
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Left.
高砂の尾上の鹿の聲たてし風よりかはる月の影かな
| takasago no onoe no shika no koe tateshi kaze yori kawaru tsuki no kage kana |
In Takasago The stags Have raised their call; The wind bringing brighter Moonlight. |
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Right (Win).
露さえて寢ぬ夜の月やつもる覧あらぬ淺茅の今朝の色哉
| tsuyu saete nenu yo no tsuki ya tsumoruran aranu asaji no kesa no iro kana |
So clear the dewfall Did the moonlight this restless night Drift upon it? Lacking is the cogon grass Its hue this morning… |
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Left (Win).
明ば又秋の半も過ぬべしかたぶく月のおしきのみかは
| akeba mata aki no nakaba mo suginubeshi katabuku tsuki no oshiki nomi ka wa |
With the dawn, once more Autumn’s midway point Has passed; Is it for the waning moon Alone, that I feel regret? |
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Right
幾里か露けきのべに宿かりし光ともなふ望月の駒
| ikusato ka tsuyu keki nobe ni yado karishi hikari tomonau mochizuki no koma |
From so many estates, and In the dew-drenched fields Resting on their way, Speckled with the light Come the colts of Mochizuki |
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Left (Tie).
ながめつゝおもひしことの數數にむなしき空の秋の夜の月
| nagametsutsu omoishi koto no kazukazu ni munashiki sora no aki no yo no tsuki |
While gazing skywards All my thoughts One after another Have vanished vacantly within the vault of heaven, Drawn by the moon this autumn night. |
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Right
むかしだに猶故郷の秋の月しらず光の幾めぐりとも
| mukashi dani nao furusato no aki no tuki shirazu hikari no iku meguri tomo |
Long ago, ‘twas even so: And now, upon this old estate An autumn moon Shines once more, as I know not How many times before… |
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Left (Win).
天の原おもへばかはる色もなし秋こそ月の光なりけれ
| ama no hara omoeba kawaru iro mo nashi aki koso tsuki no hikari narikeri |
Upon the plain of heaven— If you think upon it—extraordinary Hues there are not one; yet Autumn, unmistakeably, is Lit by moonlight. |
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Right
いかにせむさらでうき世はなぐさまずたのみし月も涙をちけり
| ika ni semu sarade ukiyo wa nagusamazu tanomishi tsuki mo namida ochikeri |
What should I do? This cruel world Is without all consolation; Even the gentle moon Brings tears to my eyes. |
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Left (Win).
しのべとやしらぬ昔の秋をへておなじ形見に殘る月影
| shinobe to ya shiranu mukashi no aki o hete onaji katami ni nokoru tsukikage |
Does it tell me to remember All the unknown, long gone Autumns that have passed, Leaving one memento: This lingering touch of moonlight? |
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Right
秋をへて昔は遠き大空に我身ひとつのもとの月影
| aki o hete mukashi wa tôki ōzora ni wagami hitotsu no moto no tsukikage |
Autumn follows autumn Into the distant past; From the heavens, Recalling that I alone Am as I ever was, moonlight shines. |
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Left (Tie).
うつりあへぬ花の千草にみだれつゝ風の上なる宮城野ゝ露
| utsuriaenu hana no chigusa ni midaretsutsu kaze no ue naru miyagino no tsuyu |
Unbecoming: Amongst the wildflower blossoms Entangled, Borne upon the wind, Dewdrops at Miyagi fields. |
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Right
散らば散れ露分ゆかん萩原やぬれての後の花の形見に
| chiraba chire tsuyu wakeyukan hagiwara ya nurete no nochi no hana no katami ni |
If you are to fall, then fall! Dewdrops parted from The bush-clover, Having drenched it Will my keepsake of the blossoms be! |
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Left (Tie).
なをざりの小野の淺茅に置露も草葉にあまる秋の夕暮
| naozari no ono no asaji ni oku tsuyu mo kusaba ni amaru aki no yûgure |
Brief, indeed, Upon the sharp-leaved cogon grass in Ono, Is the dewfall Now mounting upon the blades In the autumn evening. |
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Right
淺茅生の小野の篠原うちなびき遠方人に秋風ぞ吹く
| asajiu no ono no shinohara uchinabiki ochikatabito ni aki kaze zo fuku |
The sharp-leaved cogon grass In the arrow-bamboo of Ono, Rustled by A traveller to a distant land: The autumn wind a’blowing. |
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Left (Win).
秋とだに吹あへぬ風に色かはる生田の杜の露の下草
| aki to dani fukiaenu kaze ni iro kawaru ikuta no mori no tsuyu no shitakusa |
Hardly is autumn Breathed upon the wind, than The hues do change: Within the sacred bounds of Ikuta, Dewfall upon the greenery. |
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Right
須磨の海人のなれにし袖もしほたれぬ關吹こゆる秋の浦風
| suma no ama no narenishi sode mo shiotarenu seki fukikoyuru aki no urakaze |
Fisherfolk at lonely Suma, Long used their sleeves to Drench within the tide; my tears flow as Past the barrier blows The autumn wind from ’cross the bay. |
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Left (Tie).
いまはとて有明のかげの槇の戸にさすがにおしき六月の空
| ima wa tote ariake no kage no maki no to ni sasuga ni oshiki minazuki no sora |
As if to say, ‘Now’s the time!’ Moonlight, at dawn Upon my yew-wood door Does strike; how I regret The waterless month’s late summer skies! |
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Right
飛鳥河ゆくせの浪にみそぎしてはやくぞ年の半過ぬる
| asukagawa yuku se no nami ni misogishite hayaku zo toshi no nakaba suginuru |
In Asuka River’s Rapids’ waves I cleanse myself; How swiftly has the year’s First half come and gone! |
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