秋もはやすゑのはら野に鳴く鹿の声きく時ぞ旅はかなしき
aki mo haya sue no harano ni naku shika no koe kiku toki zo tabi wa kanashiki Autumn swiftly ends [i]
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[i] An allusive variation on: 梓弓 末之腹野尓 鷹田為 君之弓食之 将絶跡念甕屋 azusayumi / sue no harano ni / togarisuru / kimi ga yuzuru no / taemu to omoe ya ‘A catalpa bow / On the plain at Sue / A’hawking— / As your bowstring, / I wonder: will I be able to endure?’ Anonymous (Man’yōshū XI: 2638okuyama ni / momiji fumiwake / naku shika no / koe kiku toki zo / aki wa kanashiki ‘In the mountains’ heart / Forging through the autumn leaves, / A calling stag: / When I hear his voice I feel, / Autumn is sorrowful, indeed.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 215)
野べにけぬ袖だに露は置くものをただこの比の秋のゆふ暮
nobe ni kenu sode dani tsuyu wa oku mono o tada kono koro no aki no yūgure Never gone from the plains,
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Evening dew on a journey.
つゆしげみならはぬ野べのかり衣比しもかなし秋の夕ぐれ
tsuyu shigemi narawanu nobe no karigoromo koro shimo kanashi aki no yūgure So heavy the dew
573
かりのゐる羽風にさわぐ秋の田のおもひみだれてほにぞ出でぬる
kari no iru hakaze ni sawagu aki no ta no omoimidarete ho ni zo idenuru The geese land
562
Sent to a certain lady’s residence.
秋の田のほのうへにすがくささがにもいとわればかり物はおもはじ
aki no ta no ho no ue ni sugaku sasagani mo ito ware bakari mono wa omowaji In the autumn paddies
561
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
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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,
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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
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
Sakanoue no Korenori
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Minamoto no Toshiyuki
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
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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
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,
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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,
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