Original
もみぢばのちりかふこまのあまたあるをいづれにのりてあきをとどめむ
momijiba no chirikau koma no amata aru o izure ni norite aki o todomemu Scarlet leaves
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Left
このはちるこのはのこまははやくともあきのかげにはいかがまさらむ
ko no ha chiru ko no ha no koma wa hayaku tomo aki no kage ni wa ikaga masaramu Leaves from the trees scatter,
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Right
ゆくあきをとどむるこまのおそければかぜこそさきにまづさそひけれ
yuku aki o todomuru koma no osokereba kaze koso saki ni mazu sasoikere Departing autumn
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Original
ひとりぬるよをながづきのはなすすきそよともあきのかぜぞこたふる
hitori nuru yo o nagazuki no hanasusuki soyo to mo aki no kaze zo kotauru Sleeping alone,
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こたふともたのまざらなむはなすすきふくあきかぜのさだめなければ
kotau tomo tanomazaranamu hanasusuki fuku akikaze no sadame nakereba It may reply, but
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Right
そよとだにしりてこたふるかぜしあらばなにかながきよおもひわぶらん
soyo to dani shirite kotauru kaze shi araba nanika nagaki yo omoiwaburan If, ‘So it is,’
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A poem by Prince Aki.
秋立而 幾日毛不有者 此宿流 朝開之風者 手本寒母
あきたちて いくかもあらねば このねぬる あさけのかぜは たもとさむしも
aki tatite Since autumn arrived,
Prince Aki
Original
おとにのみききわたりつるあきのよのながさをひとりねてぞしりぬる
oto ni nomi kikiwataritsuru aki no yo no nagasa o hitori nete zo shirinuru By word alone
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Left (Win)
あきのよのながきにそへてねざめつつつきせぬものをおもふころかな
aki no yo no nagaki ni soete nezametsutsu tsukisenu mono o omou koro kana To an autumn night’s
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Right
ひとりねであかぬときにもあきのよのながきこころをしらぬものかは
hitori nede akanu toki ni mo aki no yo no nagaki kokoro o shiranu mono ka wa Sleepless alone
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Original
ちらねどもかねてぞをしきもみぢばはけふをかぎりのいろとみつれば
chiranedomo kanete zo oshiki momijiba wa kyō o kagiri no iro to mitsureba They have yet to scatter, but
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Left (Win)
あきふかきやまのもみぢもあるものをいまはのいろとおもはざらなむ
aki fukaki yama no momiji mo aru mono o ima wa no iro to omowazaranamu Though in the depths of autumn
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Right
かぎりなきいろはためしにをしけれどえだにもみぢはとまりげもなし
kagiri naki iro wa tameshi ni oshikeredo eda ni momiji wa tomarige mo nashi Limitlessly fair
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Original
ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o maneku obana no tamoto ni wa tsuyu mo oki’aezu nodokekaraneba Departing autumn
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まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi aki no tomaranu mono naraba obana no sode ya sebaku narinan They may beckon, but
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Right
まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo tomaranu aki o hanasusuki ho ni idete shika o nakite shitawamu They beckon, yet
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Around autumn, when someone with whom I had been accustomed to speaking had gone somewhere, I took the opportunity to send these by messenger.
うはの空にみし面影をおもひいでて月になれにし秋ぞ恋しき
uwa no sora ni mishi omokage o omoi’idete tsuki ni narenishi aki zo koishiki In the heavens’ heights [i]
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[i] See: On the conception of ‘love, having once met, but no longer’ for the Poetry Match held at the Poetry Office. ゆめかとよみし面影もちぎりしもわすれずながらうつつならねば yume ka to yo / mishi omokage mo / chigiri shi mo / wasurezu nagara / utsutsu naraneba ‘Was it a dream? Or not? / That face I saw, and / His promises, too, / I cannot forget, / Though real they were not…’ The Daughter of Toshinari, Assistant Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office (Shinkokinshū XV: 1391
Original
ゆくあきをまねくをばなのたもとにはつゆもおきあへずのどけからねば
yuku aki o maneku obana no tamoto ni wa tsuyu mo oki’aezu nodokekaraneba Departing autumn
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まねくにしあきのとまらぬものならばをばなのそでやせばくなりなん
maneku ni shi aki no tomaranu mono naraba obana no sode ya sebaku narinan They may beckon, but
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Right
まねけどもとまらぬあきをはなすすきほにいでてしかをなきてしたはむ
manekedomo tomaranu aki o hanasusuki ho ni idete shika o nakite shitawamu They beckon, yet
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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
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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
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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
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Round Nine
Left – Spring Snow (Win)
はなならでをらまほしきはなにはえのあしのわかばにふれるしらゆき
hana narade oramahoshiki wa naniwae no ashi no wakaba ni fureru shirayuki Though they are not blossoms
Norinaga’s Wife
Right – Chrysanthemums
むらさきのふかからざりし秋だにもきくはこころにしめてしものを
murasaki no Their violet
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