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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おくしものかひもあるべくきくのはないろをましてもかれずもあるかな
oku shimo no kai mo arubeku kiku no hana iro o mashite mo karezu mo aru kana The falling frost, too,
Yoshitaka[1]
きくのはなをしむかひしていろこきはいくしほ霜のおきてそめしぞ
kiku no hana oshimu kaishite iro koki wa iku shio shimo no okite someshi zo O, chrysanthemum blooms!
Sukuru[2]
[1] Possibly Minamoto no Yoshitaka 源嘉生
[2] Possibly Minamoto no Suguru 源俊
Orchids
Left
おぼつかなあきくるごとにふぢばかまたがためにとかつゆのそむらん
obotsukana aki kuru goto ni fujibakama ta ga tame ni toka tsuyu no somuran How strange, that
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Right
おくしもにいくしほそめてふぢばかまいまはかぎりとさきはじむらん
oku shimo ni iku shio somete fujibakama ima wa kagiri to sakihajimuran The dewfall with
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Autumn
Round Seven
Left
秋山はからくれなゐに成りにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけん
akiyama wa karakurenai ni narinikeri iku shio shigure furite someken The autumn mountains
13[1]
Right (Win)
秋きぬとめにはさやかにみえねども風の音にぞおどろかれぬる
aki kinu to me ni wa sayaka ni mienedomo kaze no oto ni zo odorokarenuru That autumn has come
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 14[2]
[1] Shokugosenshū VII: 429
[2] This poem was particularly highly evaluated and so is included in numerous other anthologies (Kokin rokujō I: 125), exemplary collections (Shinsen waka 2) and senka awase – contests assembled from prior poems (Shunzei sanjū roku nin uta’awase 61; Jidai fudō uta’awase 49).
'Simply moving and elegant'
