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SKKS IV: 400

On the autumn moon by the sea, for the poetry match held at the Poetry Office on the night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month.

わすれじな難波の秋の夜半の空ことうらにすむ月はみるとも

wasureji na
naniwa no aki no
yowa no sora
koto’ura ni sumu
tsuki wa miru tomo
Never would I forget
Naniwa’s autumn
Midnight skies, though
Clear above another distant bay
The moon I see…

Gishūmon’in no Tango

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text
Created with Soan.

Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 23

Left

あきといへばいまいくたびものこらぬををしむ心もともにつきつつ

aki to ieba
ima ikutabi mo
nokoranu o
oshimu kokoro mo
tomo ni tsukitsutsu
Speaking of the autumn,
Now, how many times is it that
Nothing remains, and
With a regretful heart
It is ever exhausted?

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をしむにもとまらぬあきの立ちゐてはうらみをのみやおもひでにせん

oshimu ni mo
tomaranu aki no
tachi’ite wa
urami o nomi ya
omoidenisen
Regrets that
Autumn lingers not
Arise, so
With despite alone
Will it be remembered?

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 22

Left

をしめどもとまらぬ秋は常盤山もみぢはてぬとみてもゆるさじ

oshimedomo
tomaranu aki wa
tokiwayama
momiji hatenu to
mite mo yurusaji
I regret it, yet
Autumn lingers not
Upon the evergreen mountains
The scarlet leaves have yet to end,
I see and would not let them go.

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Right

としごとにとまらぬ秋とおもひなばてもろき人もをしまざらまし

toshigoto ni
tomaranu aki to
omoinaba
temoroki hito mo
oshimazaramashi
If, that every single year
Autumn lingers not,
I did not think, then
Tear-filled folk
I would not have regret it.

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 21

Left

いまはとてすぎゆく秋のかたみにはかぜのおくれにもみぢをやみん

ima wa tote
sugiyuku aki no
katami ni wa
kaze no okure ni
momiji o ya min
Might now be when
Departing autumn’s
Keepsake is
Presented on the breeze:
A glimpse of scarlet leaves?

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Right

あきながらとしはくれなん紅葉ばをぬさとちらせる山のみねより

aki nagara
toshi wa kurenan
momijiba o
nusa to chiraseru
yama no mine yori
It’s autumn, so
The year has reached its dusk;
Scarlet leaves for
A garland are made to scatter
From the mountain peaks…

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 20

Left

みにそへてもたらぬ秋ををしむとてくれん事こそわびしかりけれ

mi ni soete
motaranu aki o
oshimu tote
kuren koto koso
wabishikarikere
It mounts up,
Unreliable, autumn
Fills me with regret, and
That it fades into dusk, indeed,
Is truly sad.

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Right

もみぢつつしぐれふりいでてゆく秋をみねの朝霧たちもとめなん

momijitsutsu
shigure furi’idete
yuku aki o
mine no asagiri
tachi mo tomenan
Ever marked with autumn hues
The showers fall on
Autumn as it goes;
The morning mist around the peak
Arises, then lingers on.

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 19

Left

おほぞらの心ぞまどふめにみえてわかるる秋ををしむわがみは

ōzora no
kokoro zo madou
me ni miete
wakaruru aki o
oshimu wa ga mi wa
The heavens’
Heart lies confused
Before my eyes;
Departing autumn
Leaves me with with nothing but regret.

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Right

とどむれどとまらぬ秋ををしむとて心にはかるなをやたちなん

todomuredo
tomaranu aki o
oshimu tote
kokoro ni wa karu
na o ya tachinan
I would have it linger, yet
It will not—autumn,
I regret so
Within my heart, briefly
Should I call it that?

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 18

Left

紅葉ばのながるる河をおしなべてせきぞとどむる秋のをしさに

momijiba no
nagaruru kawa o
oshinabete
seki zo todomuru
aki no oshisa ni
Scarlet leaves
Flow down the river
Everywhere and anywhere,
Halting at the fishing weir,
All the regrets of autumn…

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Right

ちらすなる心のうちまでおのがじしわかるるあきををしみつるかな

chirasu naru
kokoro no uchi made
ono ga jishi
wakaruru aki o
oshimitsuru kana
Made to scatter is
My heart of hearts, until,
Self-centred,
Departing autumn
Fills me with regret!

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 17

Left

くれぬべきあきををしめばをぐら山みねのもみぢもいろづきにけり

kurenubeki
aki o oshimeba
ogurayama
mine no momiji mo
irozukinikeri
Pass into dusk must
Autumn, so I regret when
On Ogura Mountain
The scarlet leaves on the peak
Have taken on deeper hues!

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Right

をしめども秋はとまらず女郎花野べにおくれてかれぬばかりを

oshimedomo
aki wa tomarazu
ominaeshi
nobe ni okurete
karenu bakari o
I regret it, yet
Autumn will not linger;
O, maidenflower,
Within the meadows tarry and
Simply do not wither away…

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 16

Left

まてといひてとまらぬあきと知りながらそらゆく月のをしくもあるかな

mate to iite
tomaranu aki to
shirinagara
sora yuku tsuki no
oshiku aru kana
‘Wait!’ I say, but
Autumn will not linger
I know, so
The moon passing through the skies
Fills me with regret!

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Right

みやまなるもみぢのにしき色にいでてをしむに秋のたたばうからん

miyama naru
momiji no nishiki
iro ni idete
oshimu ni aki no
tataba ukaran
Deep within the mountains
The scarlet leaves in brocade’s
Hues stand out, so
I would regret it were autumn
Cut short—how heartless that would be!

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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 15

Left

秋すぐとねをもなくかなふか草のかげとたのめるむしならなくに

aki sugu to
ne o mo naku kana
fukakusa no
kage to tanomeru
mushi naranaku ni
‘Autumn passes by!’
Goes the cry—though
Upon the deep grasses’
Shade relying
Are there no insects at all…

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Right

いづかたに心をやらんあかずしてすぎゆく秋ををしみとどめで

izukata ni
kokoro o yaran
akazushite
sugiyuku aki o
oshimi todomede
Whither
Should I incline my heart?
Unsatisfied,
With autumn’s passing
Regrets linger on…

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