うつろふとなにかいふべききくのはな霜のなかにもいろぞまされる
utsurou to nani ka iubeki kiku no hana shimo no naka ni mo iro zo masareru ‘They’ll fade away,’
Shirake[1]
きくのはなしもにうつるとをしみしはこきむらさきにそむるなりけり
kiku no hana shimo ni utsuru to oshimishi wa koki murasaki ni somuru narikeri Chrysanthemum blooms
[Taira no] Mareyo
[1] Possibly Minamoto no Shirake 源精
ももしきにをしみとめたるきくのはないくたびおかむ霜にうつらん
momoshiki ni oshimi tometaru kiku no hana iku tabi okamu shimo ni utsuran Within the hundredfold palace
[Ōe no] Chifuru
霜がれにをしみはじむるきくのはなちるまつまでにちらずもあらなん
shimogare ni oshimi hajimuru kiku no hana chiru matsu made ni chirazu mo aranan Burned by frost
Susuku
いづこにかかをやどすらんきくのはな色をば霜にとどめおきつつ
izuko ni ka ka o yadosuran kiku no hana iro oba shimo ni todome’okitsutsu Where is it that
Taira no Koremochi
うつろはぬさきにをりてもきくの花霜の心もうしろめたきに
utsurowanu saki ni orite mo kiku no hana shimo no kokoro mo ushirometaki ni Yet unfaded,
[Fujiwara no] Korehira
きくのはなをりてはとしもへしものをおきながらこそ色まさりけれ
kiku no hana orite wa toshi mo heshi mono o okinagara koso iro masarikere Chrysanthemum blooms
Kakesuke[1]
いろもかもともににほへるきくのはななにしもうちにとけてみゆらん
iro mo ka mo tomo ni nioeru kiku no hana nani shi mo uchi ni tokete miyuran Hue and scent, too,
[Fujiwara no] Kanemochi
[1] Possibly Fujiwara no Kanesuke 藤原兼輔
霜のうへにのこれるきくのいろふかくをしむ心はなにならなくに
shimo no ue ni nokoreru kiku no iro fukaku oshimu kokoro wa nani naranaku ni Atop the frost,
Prince Iwa
いてしよも霜のうへなるきくのはなうつらぬほどにちよをかぞへむ
iteshi yo mo shimo no ue naru kiku no hana utsuranu hodo ni chiyo o kazoemu On frozen nights, too,
Saimo no kami
The Chrysanthemum Match held during the Reign of the Daigo Emperor[1]
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秋すぎてのこれるきくはかみな月くもをわけてぞにほふべらなる
aki sugite nokoreru kiku wa kaminazuki kumo o wakete zo niouberanaru Autumn passes, and
His Majesty’s Composition
霜がれになりはてぬともきくの花をる人たれととはばこたへむ
shimogare ni narehatenu tomo kiku no hana oru hito tare to towaba kotaemu Completely burned by frost
Ōn-kazashi
[1] Daigo ōntoki kiku awase 醍醐御時菊合
On picking a chrysanthemum bloom on a moonlit night
ぬれてをる袖の月かげふけにけり籬のきくの花のうへの露
nurete oru sode no tsukikage fukenikeri magaki no kiku no hana no ue no tsuyu Wet, when picking,
あさなあさな露にをれふす秋はぎの花ふみしだき鹿ぞなくなる
asana asana tsuyu ni orefusu akihagi no hana fumishidaki shika zo nakunaru Each and every single morn
萩がはなうつろひ行けば高砂の尾上の鹿のなかぬ日ぞなき
hagi ga hana utsuroiyukeba takasago no onoe no shika no nakanu hi zo naki As the bush-clover blooms
さをしかのおのがすむのの女郎花花にあかずとねをや鳴くらん
saoshika no ono ga sumu no no ominaeshi hana ni akazu to ne o ya nakuran Might the stag,
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