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秋ののに道もまどひぬ松蟲のこゑする方にやどやからまし
| aki no no ni miti mo madoFinu matumusi no kowesuru kata ni yado ya karamasi |
Out among the autumn fields I have lost my way. The pine crickets’ Song I’ll follow And perhaps find lodging. |
Anonymous.
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KKS IV: 200
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君しのぶ草にやつるるふるさとは松蟲のねぞかなしかりける
| kimi sinobu kusa ni yatururu Furusato Fa matumusi no ne zo kanasikarikeru |
Remembering you I waste away among the overgrowing ferns Around your dwelling; Even the bell-crickets, crying always waiting- Sound sad. |
Anonymous.
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あき萩も色づきぬればきりぎりすわがねぬごとやよるはかなしき
| akiFagi mo irodukinureba kirigirisu wa ga nenu goto ya yoru wa kanasiki |
Even the bush clover Has turned brown, so now, Cricket, Do you, as I, sleepless In sadness spend your nights? |
Anonymous.
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Composed listening to the chirping of a cricket, having gone to a friend’s house one evening.
蟋蟀いたくななきそ秋の夜の長き思ひは我ぞまされる
| kirigirisu itaku na naki so aki no yo no nagaki omoFi Fa ware zo masareru |
Oh, crickets Sing not so sadly! For on autumn nights Lengthy reveries Of mine are sadder far. |
Fuijwara no Tadafusa
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久方の月の桂も秋は猶もみぢすればやてりまさるらむ
| Fisakata no tuki no katura mo aki Fa naFo momidisureba ya terimasaruramu |
On the eternal Moon the silver trees too In Autumn Change their hues; Is that why you shine so bright? |
Mibu no Tadamine (Fl. 898-920)
壬生忠岑
KKS IV: 193
Composed at a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
月見れはちぢに物こそかなしけれわが身ひとつの秋にはあらねど
| tuki mireba tidi ni mono koso kanasikere wagami Fitotu no aki ni Fa aranedo |
When I look upon the moon Myriad are my Griefs, Though for me alone Autumn has not fallen. |
Ōe no Chisato (late C9th-early C10th)
大江千里