Original
もみぢばはきりのたつにもちりけるをかぜをかたなとおもひけるかな
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
chirikeru o
kaze o katana to
omoikeru kana | The scarlet leaves with
The rising mists
Do scatter—
The wind a sword
Truly does seem! |
30
Left
もみぢばはあきのかぜこそさそひけれきりのなきなをたつぞあやしき
momijiba wa
aki no kaze koso
sasoikere
kiri no nakina o
tatsu zo ayashiki | The scarlet leaves
By the winds of autumn, truly,
Are invited;
That baseless rumours of the mists
Arise is strange, indeed! |
31
Right
からにしきかぜのたつらんもみぢばはきりのたつにもおくれざりけり
karanishiki
kaze no tatsuran
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
okurezarikeri | Cathay brocade
The rising wind seeming to shear
Scarlet leaves,
Even the rising of the mists
Will not delay it.¯ |
32
Original
あきやまにこころをのみもいるるかなもみぢのいろのふかきまにまに
akiyama ni
kokoro o nomi mo
iruru kana
momiji no iro no
fukaki manimani | By the autumn mountains
My heart, too, is simply
Drawn within!
While the hues of scarlet leaves
Are so deep… |
27
Left
あきやまにいらんこころはなごりなくひとにやみえむもみぢちりなば
akiyama ni
iran kokoro wa
nagori naku
hito ni yamiemu
momiji chirinaba | By the autumn mountains
Drawn—such a heart
Might leave no trace
And such a one might cease to be,
Should the scarlet leaves all scatter… |
28
Right
もみぢするあきにこころのいるひとやあだなることをまづはしるらむ
momijisuru
aki ni kokoro no
iru hito ya
adanaru koto o
mazu wa shiruramu | Scarlet the leaves turn
In autumn—one with a heart
So drawn, that
‘Tis fleeting
Should know first of all! |
29
Original
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
Scarlet do the leaves simply turn
At this mountain retreat,
Even folk who dwelled there
Have faded away. |
24
Left
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
The scarlet leaves’ hues
Do change, yet
Folk there dwelling
Remain unfaded! |
25
Right
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
With the falling showers
Fade away, then
The scattering of scarlet leaves
Who might be there to regret? |
26
Original
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
Mountain paths in autumn
Are lost, indeed!
For piled with scarlet leaves
Traces are their none… |
21
Left (Win)
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
An offering made
By the autumn mountains, so
Though the path might go unseen,
Who would lose their way? |
22
Right
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
Mountains’ scarlet leaves
Are so bright, that
Forging through along the paths
To visit is all you need to do! |
23
Original
ひとこふるこころはそらにかよへばやそらもなみだもともにしぐるる
hito kouru
kokoro wa sora ni
kayoeba ya
sora mo namida mo
tomo ni shigururu | Yearning for him, does
My heart into the skies
And back fly?
The skies and my tears,
Both, are naught but showers… |
18
Left
ひとこふるこころはそらもなきものをいづこよりふるしぐれなるらむ
hito kouru
kokoro wa sora mo
naki mono o
izuko yori furu
shigure naruramu | Yearning for him,
My heart within the skies
Is not, so
Where is it that these falling
Showers might be from? |
19
Right
おほかたのものおもふときにしぐるるをあきのそらとはみゆるなるらん
ōkata no
mono’omou toki ni
shigururu o
aki no sora to wa
miyuru naruran | In general
When sunk in gloomy thought,
Showers fall—
How like the autumn skies
It does seem… |
20
Original
さほやまのははそのいろはうすけれどあきはふかくもなりにけるかな
saoyama no
hahaso no iro wa
usukeredo
aki wa fukaku mo
narinikeru kana | On Mount Sao
The oaks’ hues are
Frail, yet
Autumn ever deeper
Grows! |
Sakanoue no Korenori
15
Left (Win)
さほやまのみねのもみぢばいろいろにたつあさぎりぞそらにしるらむ
saoyama no
mine no momijiba
iroiro ni
tatsu asagiri zo
sora ni shiruramu | On Mount Sao
The autumn leaves upon the peak
Have many hues—
The rising morning mists mean
That ‘tis surely known up in the skies. |
16
Right
うすきこきいろのかぎりぞさほやまはあきはつるまであさきとなみそ
usuki koki
iro no kagiri zo
saoyama wa
aki hatsuru made
asaki to na mi so | Both deep and pale
Hues are fair extreme!
But on Mount Sao
Until the end of autumn
Frail I would not have them be! |
17
Original
さほやまのははそのもみぢちりぬべみよるさへみよとてらすつきかげ
saoyama no
hahaso no momiji
chirinubemi
yoru sae miyo to
terasu tsukikage | Upon Sao Mountain
The oaks’ autumn leaves
Must have scattered, for
Even at night behold!
The shining moonlight… |
12
Left (Win)
ひさかたのつきなかりせばさほやまのもみぢはよるのにしきならまし
hisakata no
tsuki nakariseba
saoyama no
momiji wa yoru no
nishiki naramashi | Were the eternal
Moon to cease to be, then
Sao Mountain’s
Autumn leaves for night’s
Brocade would I wish! |
13
Right
つきかげのさやけくみゆるさほやまのもみぢをかぜにまかせずもがな
tsukikage no
sayakeku miyuru
saoyama no
momiji o kaze ni
makasezu mogana | In the moonlight,
So clear, I see
Sao Mountain’s
Autumn leaves—to the wind
I would entrust them not! |
14
Original
あきやまはからくれなゐになりにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけむ
akiyama wa
karakurenai ni
narinikeri
iku shio shigure
furite somekemu | The autumn mountains
To Cathay scarlet
Have turned;
How many dippings with drizzle
Have fallen to dye them so? |
9
Left
しぐれつつくれなゐふかくやまのはもあきはてゆけばかひなかりけり
shiguretsutsu
kurenai fukaku
yama no ha mo
aki hateyukeba
kainakarikeri | With every shower
The scarlet deepens
Of the leaves upon the mountain—
With autumn reaching its ending
How pointless that is… |
10
Right
いくしほもしぐれはふらじさほひめのふかくそめたるいろとこそみれ
iku shio mo
shigure wa furaji
saohime no
fukaku sometaru
iro to koso mire | No matter how many dippings
With drizzle fall,
Princess Sao’s
Deeply dyed
Hues we see! |
11
Original
やまざとはふゆぞさびしさまさりけるひとめもくさもかれぬとおもへば
yamazato wa
fuyu zo sabishisa
masarikeru
hitome mo kusa mo
karenu to omoeba | In a mountain retreat
Winter’s loneliness
Overwhelms
As both folks’ gaze and the grasses, too
Have withered away, I feel… |
Minamoto no Toshiyuki
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Left (Tie)
おほかたのあきはあはれのふかければやまざとならでなほぞかなしき
ōkata no
aki wa aware no
fukakereba
yamazato narade
nao zo kanashiki | In general, when
Autumn’s sorrow
Is at its deepest
‘Tis not only a mountain retreat
That is still sunk in sadness! |
7
Right
やまざとはいつともわかじいとどしくあきはしかこそかなしかるらめ
yamazato wa
itsu to mo wakaji
itodoshiku
aki wa shika koso
kanashikarurame | A mountain retreat
Fails to stand out—
Most of all
In autumn does the stag
Seem so sad! |
8
Original
さよふかくこひするしかのこゑきけばわれさへあやなそでのひづかな
sayo fukaku
koisuru shika no
koe kikeba
ware sae ayana
sode no hizu kana | Deep within a night so brief,
A’loving, the stag’s
Cry I hear
Even my sleeves, strangely,
Never dry at all! |
4
きくひとのそでさへひづるしかのねにあきのしぐれのふりでてぞなく
kiku hito no
sode sae hizuru
shika no ne ni
aki no shigure no
furidete zo naku | Folk hearing,
With even their sleeves never drying,
At a stag’s bell—
An autumn shower
Falling with a cry! |
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Only one poem was requested in response this round.
'Simply moving and elegant'
