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わがやどのきくの花しももみぢねばすぎゆく秋もあらじとぞおもふ
wa ga yado no kiku no hana shimo momijineba sugiyuku aki mo araji to zo omou At my house
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はかなくてすぐる秋とは知りながらをしむ心のなほあかぬかな
hakanakute suguru aki to wa shirinagara oshimu kokoro no nao akanu kana Brief, indeed, is
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きくの露わかゆばかりにそでふれて花のあるじに千代はゆづらむ
kiku no tsuyu Chrysanthemum dew a little
つゆながらをりてかざさむきくのはなおいせぬ秋のひさしかるべく[1]
tsuyu nagara orite kasasamu kiku no hana oisenu aki no hisashikarubeku Dew-dappled
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[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (V: 270 ), where it is attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
万代を菊の種とや蒔きそめて花見る毎に祈り来にける
yoroduyo wo
“For ten thousand generations!”
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A chrysanthemum from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
kono Fana Fa
These flowers
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A chrysanthemum from Tonase in Ōi. Blended with silver, dropped from a waterfall. Although it falls from a great height, it makes no sound.
taki tu se Fa
O, rushing waters of the cataract
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A chrysanthemum from Murasakino.
na nisi oFeba
Bearing such a name
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The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
老いはてて露のしるしもなき身にはなほやをりてん長月の菊
oihatete tsuyu no shirushi mo nakimi ni wa nao ya oriten nagatsuki no kiku Greatly aged,
Daishin
菊の花露と置きゐていざ折らむ濡れなば袖の香こそ匂はめ
kiku no Fana
For the chrysanthemum blooms’
濡れ衣と人にいはすな菊の花齢延ぶとぞ我そぼちつる
nureginu to
That you have no effect –
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