ひぐらしのなくあき山をこえくればことぞともなくものぞかなしき[1]
higurashi no
naku aki yama o
koekureba
koto zo tomonaku
mono zo kanashiki | The sundown cicadas
Sing in the autumn mountains
Passing by,
Everything is somehow
All the more sad… |
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あきののとなりぞしにける草むらの見るひごとにもまさるつゆかな
aki no no to
nari zo shinikeru
kusamura no
miru hi goto ni mo
masaru tsuyu kana | The autumn fields
Have all turned to
Tangled clumps of grass—
Every day I sight them,
How finer is the dewfall! |
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[1] This poem was included in two later anthologies: Fubokuwakashu (6015) and Shūfū wakashū 秋風和歌集 (307).
Autumn Mountains 秋山
をの山に朝たつ鹿も声たてて秋のあはれはしのばざりけり
onoyama ni
asa tatsu shika mo
koe tatete
aki no aware wa
shinobazarikeri | In Onoyama
Even the stags rising in the morn
Cry out;
The sorrows of autumn
I would not recall. |
Daishin
Autumn Mountains 秋山
紅葉ばのくれなゐふかき秋山に心をそめておもひぬるかな
momijiba no
kurenai fukaki
akiyama ni
kokoro o somete
omoinuru kana | The turning leaves’
Scarlet in the depths of
The autumn mountains
Has dyed my heart and
Completely filled my thoughts! |
Higo
Autumn Mountains 秋山
いそぐたびうしとは人に見えつらん月待ちいづる秋の山のは
isogu tabi
ushi to wa hito ni
mietsuran
tsuki matchi’izuru
aki no yama no ha | On a hurried journey
How heartless to folk
Must appear,
Awaiting moonrise,
The mountains’ edge in autumn… |
Kanemasa
Autumn Mountains 秋山
ゆきやらで秋の山路にくれぬとも下てるみねの紅葉やはなき
yukiyarade
aki no yamaji ni
kurenu tomo
shita teru mine no
momiji ya wa naki | Not travelling far, and
To this autumn mountain path
Has no darkness come, yet
On the shining peaks below
Is there not a single scarlet leaf? |
Tadafusa
Autumn Mountains 秋山
都にてたれにかたらん紅葉するたつたの山のみねの気色を
miyako nite
tare ni kataran
momijisuru
tatsuta no yama no
mine no keshiki o | In the capital
Who is there to tell?
Of scarlet-turning
Tatsuta Mountain’s
Peak’s appearance? |
Toshiyori
Autumn Mountains 秋山
まこも色のあをばの山も秋くれば露のしづくに下紅葉せり
makomoiro no
aoba no yama mo
aki kureba
tsuyu no shizuku ni
shita momijiseri | Even to the fresh green and
Verdant mountain leaves
Has autumn come, then
Beneath the weight of countless dewdrops
Have they taken scarlet hues… |
Nakazane
Autumn Mountains 秋山
都人きてもみよかし時雨つつうつろふ山の秋の気色を
miyakobito
kitemo miyo kashi
shiguretsutsu
utsurou yama no
aki no keshiki o | O, capital folk,
Should you come, then behold!
In the ever drizzling rain
The glistening mountains’
Autumn sights! |
Akinaka
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