Left
あき山に恋する鹿の声たてて鳴きぞしぬべき君がこぬよは
akiyama ni
koisuru shika no
koe tatete
naki zo shinubeki
kimi ga konu yo wa | In the autumn mountains
A loving stag
Cries out,
I could die from weeping
On nights you fail to come to call… |
116[1]
Right
契りけむ心ぞつらき七夕の年にひとたびあふは逢ふかは
chigiriken
kokoro zo tsuraki
tanabata no
toshi ni hito tabi
au wa au ka wa | The vow
Of a pitiless heart:
The Weaver Maid,
But once a year
Will meet; can it be true? |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
117[2]
[1] Shokukokinshū XII: 1194/Shinsen man’yōshū 119
[2] Kokinshū IV: 178/Shinsen man’yōshū 460/Kokin rokujō I: 143
Left
秋の月草むらわかずてらせばややどせる露を玉とみすらん
aki no tsuki
kusamura wakazu
teraseba ya
yadoseru tsuyu o
tama to misuran | Does the autumn moon
Not forge through the grassy thickets
As it shines? For
The dewdrops it lodges there
It seems to display as jewels. |
114
Right
なほざりに秋のみやまに入りぬれば錦のいろの衣をこそきれ
naozari ni
aki nomi yama ni
irinureba
nishiki no iro no
kinu o koso kire | Easily, indeed,
Does autumn, simply, to the mountains
Enter in, so
In garb the hue of
Brocade do they clothe themselves! |
115
Left
秋のせみさむき声にぞきこゆなる木のはの衣を風やぬぎつる
aki no semi
samuki koe ni zo
kikoyunaru
ko no ha no kinu o
kaze ya nugitsuru | In the autumn, the cicadas’
Chill song
I hear;
Has the trees’ garb of leaves
Been stripped from them by the wind? |
112[1]
Right
あきの夜の月の影こそ木の間よりおちてはきぬとみえわたりけれ
aki no yo no
tsuki no kage koso
ko no ma yori
ochite wa kinu to
miewatarikere | On an autumn night
The moon’s light, truly,
From between the trees
Does come a’falling
Everywhere, it seems. |
113
[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 109/Fubokushō XIII: 5422
Left
あき風に声をほにあげて行く舟はあまの戸わたる雁にざりける
aki kaze ni
kowe o ho ni agete
yuku funa wa
ama no to wataru
kari ni zo arikeru | In the autumn wind,
Hark! Voices raised with the sails,
These boats departing
Cross to a skybound shore:
The geese are leaving. |
Lord Fujiwara no Sugane
110[1]
Right
紅葉ばの散りこむ時は袖にうけむつちにおちなばきずもこそつけ
momijiba no
chirikomu toki wa
sode ni ukemu
tsuchi ni ochinaba
kizu mo koso tsuke | When the scarlet leaves
Come scattering
I would catch them in my sleeves, that
They not fall to the ground and
Suffer any injury at all! |
111
[1] Kokinshū IV: 212; Shinsen manyōshū 117; Kokin rokujō VI: 4359
Left
唐ころもほせど袂の露けきは我が身の秋になればなりけり
karakoromo
hosedo tamoto no
tsuyukeki wa
wa ga mi no aki ni
nareba narikeri | My Cathay robe
I dry, and yet the sleeves
Dew dampness is because
For me autumn
Has come. |
108[1]
Right
秋の露色のことごとおけばこそ山も紅葉も千くさなるらめ
aki no tsuyu
iro no kotogoto
okeba koso
yama mo momiji mo
chigusa narurame | The autumn dewdrops
In a medley of colours
Do truly fall, so
The mountains and the autumn leaves, too,
Turn a multitude of hues. |
109
[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 298
Left
雁がねにおどろく秋のよを寒み虫のおりだす衣をぞきる
kari ga ne ni
odoroku aki no
yo o samumi
mushi no oridasu
koromo o zo kiru | The goose cries are
Startling on an autumn
Night so chill
The insects’ woven
Robes I will put on! |
106[1]
Right
あき風はたがたむけとか紅葉ばをぬさにきりつつ吹きちらすらん
akikaze wa
ta ga tamuke to ka
momijiba o
nusa ni kiritsutsu
fukichirasuran | The autumn wind:
To whom does it make its offering
Of scarlet leaves?
Ever cutting them to streamers, and
Seeming to scatter them with its gusts… |
107
[1] Fubokushō XII: 4881
Left
はなすすきそよともすれば秋風の吹くかとぞきくひとり寝る夜は
hanasusuki
soyo tomo sureba
akikaze no
fuku ka to zo kiku
hitori nuru yo wa | When the silver grass fronds
Rustle all together,
I wonder if ‘tis our autumn wind
Blowing that I hear,
Tonight, as I sleep alone… |
104[1]
Right
音にきく花見にくれば秋の野のみちさまだけにたちわたりつつ
oto ni kiku
hana mi ni kureba
aki no no no
michisamadake ni
tachiwataritsutsu | I have heard of
These blooms I have come to see, so
The autumn meadows
Blocking my way
Will I ever rise to cross… |
105
[1] Gosenshū VII: 353
Left
白露の染めいだす萩の下紅葉衣にうつすあきは来にけり
shiratsuyu no
some’idasu hagi no
shita momiji
koromo ni utsusu
aki wa kinikeri | Silver dewdrops
Lay dye upon the bush clover’s
Scarlet underleaves:
Reflected in its garb,
Autumn has come! |
102
Right
風寒み啼く秋虫のなみだこそ草に色どる露とおくらめ
kaze samumi
naku akimushi no
namida koso
kusa ni irodoru
tsuyu to okurame | The wind is chill, with
The crying autumn insects’
Tears;
Bringing colour to the grasses,
The dew seems to fall… |
103
Left
雁がねは風をさむみやはたおりめくだまく音のきりきりとする
kari ga ne wa
kaze o samumi ya
hataorime
kuda maku oto no
kirikiri to suru | Is it the goose cries that
Chill the wind so?
The Weaver Maid
Shuttling the weft makes
A clattering sound. |
100
Right
うゑしとき花まちどほにありし菊うつろふ秋にあはんとやみし
ueshi toki
hana machidō ni
arishi kiku
utsurou aki ni
awamu to ya mishi | From planting time
Did I eagerly await
These chrysanthemums here:
That they would fade with autumn’s passing
Did I think it then… |
Ōe no Chisato
101[1]
[1] Kokinshū V: 271/Shinsen man’yōshū 351/Kokin rokujō VI: 3753
Left
秋のよのあまてる月の光にはおく白露を玉とこそ見れ
aki no yo no
ama teru tsuki no
hikari ni wa
oku shiratsuyu o
tama to koso mire | On an autumn night
The heaven-shining moon’s
Light upon
The fallen silver dewdrops
Truly, makes them seem as jewels. |
98[1]
Right
あきののにおける露をばひとりぬる我が涙とも思ひしれかし
aki no no ni
okeru tsuyu oba
hitori nuru
wa ga namida to mo
omoishire kashi | Upon the autumn fields
Drop dewdrops;
Sleeping alone,
My tears—
Think on them, why don’t you! |
99
[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 281/Shinsen man’yōshū 95
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