Colours of chrysanthemums at the base of a fence (籬菊色色)
Left
いろいろにうつろふ風のそがぎくはしなじなよはの霜やおくらん
iroiro ni
utsurou kaze no
sogagiku wa
shinajina yowa no
shimo ya okuran | Hues
Shifting with the breeze
Are the yellow chrysanthemums:
Is it because of night’s differing
Frostfall, perhaps? |
A Court Lady
25
Right
おく霜にまがきのきくをみわたせばいろいろにこそうつろひにけれ
oku shimo ni
magaki no kiku o
miwataseba
iroiro ni koso
utsuroinikere | Frost has fallen upon
The chrysanthemums by the rough-hewn fence, and
When I gaze across them,
How their hues
Have faded away! |
A Court Lady
26
Right
夏なれば木高き枝になく蟬のかげにかくせる風を恋ふとか
natu nareba
kodakaki eda ni
naku semi no
kage ni kakuseru
kaze wo koFu to ka | When the summer comes,
In the topmost branches of the trees
In the singing cicadas’
Shadows have you hidden
The breeze I love? |
5
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
吹風や春立ち来ぬと告げつらん枝にこもれる花咲きにけり
Fuku kaze ya
Faru tatikinu to
tuketuran
eda ni komoreru
Fana sakinikeri | Is it the blowing breeze that
Spring’s arrival does
Announce?
For once tightly closed upon the branch
Blossom has bloomed. |
Anonymous
From the Poetry Contest at Prince Koresada’s House.
にはかにも風のすずしくなりぬるか秋立日とはむべもいひけり
niFaka ni mo
kaze no suzushiku
narinuru ka
aki tatsu Fi to Fa
mube mo iFikeri | How swiftly
Cool the breeze
Has turned!
That this day is Autumn’s first
It says so well. |
Anonymous
Wind
Left (Win)
おはらきのもりのくずはもふくかぜにもみぢもあへずちりやしぬらん
oharaki no
mori no kuzuha mo
fuku kaze ni
momiji mo aezu
chiri ya shinuran | In Oharaki
Among the groves, will the kudzu leaves,
When the wind does blow
Parting from the scarlet leaves
Scatter, too, I wonder? |
Tamemasa
3
Right
みかきののくさこそなびけよろづよのはじめのあきのかぜのこゑかも
mikaki no no
kusa koso nabike
yorozu yo no
hajime no aki no
kaze no koe kamo | In the fields by the sacred walls
The grasses do sway;
Ten thousand generations’
First autumn
Breeze sounds out! |
Nagayoshi
4
Topic unknown.
わがやどの花たちばなにふく風をたが里よりとたれながむらん
wa ga yado no
hanatachibana ni
fuku kaze o
ta ga sato yori to
tare nagamuran | From my home
The scent of orange blossom
Is carried on the breeze;
Will you wonder from whose house it came
Lost in pensive thoughts? |
Major Controller of the Left Chikamune
Topic unknown.
うき雲のいざよふよひの村雨におひ風しるくにほふたちばな
ukigumo no
izayou yoi no
murasame ni
oikaze shiruku
niou tachibana | Drifting clouds
Trail through the night
Bringing a summer shower and
On the pursuing breeze, clearly,
The scent of orange blossom. |
Fujiwara no Iemoto
Topic unknown.
風にちるはなたちばなに袖しめてわがおもふいもが手枕にせん
kaze ni chiru
hanatachibana ni
sode shimete
wa ga omou imo ga
tamakura ni sen | Scattered on the breeze
Orange blossoms’ scent
Has sunk into my sleeves,
So to my darling girl
My arm as a pillow will I proffer. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
tani’oroshi no
kaze shi yamineba
yo to tomo ni
okitsu ga hara ni
kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley
The breeze has ceased, so now
With the fall of night
Across plain at Okitsu
Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
Akinaka
Topic unknown.
吹風をなきてうら見ようぐひすは我やは花に手だにふれたる
Fuku kaze wo
nakite uramiyo
uguFisu Fa
ware ya Fa Fana ni
te dani Furetaru | The gusting breeze
With song does reproach
The warbler, or
Is it me? For on the blossoms
Have I dared to lay a hand… |
Anonymous
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