雁なきてさむきあらしの吹くなべにたつたの山は色付きにけり
kari nakite samuki arashi no fuku nae ni tatsuta no yama wa irozukinikeri The geese cry and
足ひきのやまとびこゆる秋のかりいくへの霧をしのぎきぬらん
ashihiki no yama tobikoyuru aki no kari ikue no kiri o shinogikinuran Across the leg-wearying
Composed on geese.
かりなきて秋風さむく成りにけりひとりやねなんよるの衣うすし
kari nakite akikaze samuku narinikeri hitori ya nenan yoru no koromo usushi The geese are crying, and
あまのはらふりさけみればますかがみきよき月よに雁鳴きわたる
ama no hara furisakemireba masukagami kiyoki tsukiyo ni kari nakiwataru When, upon the plain of Heaven
あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
ama no to o akegata no sora ni naku kari no tsubasa no tsuyu ni yadoru tsukikage As the gates of heaven
鳴きわたる雁のはかぜに雲きえてよぶかき空にすめる月影
nakiwataru kari no hakaze ni kumo kiete yobukaki sora ni sumeru tsukikage Crying as they cross,
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara yae no shioji ni tobu kari no tsubasa no nami ni akikaze zo fuku Across the broad sea sweep
Geese at a hut among the paddy fields in the evening
かりのゐる門田のいなばうちそよぎたそかれ時に秋風ぞふく
kari no iru kadota no inaba uchisoyogi tasogaredoki ni akikaze zo fuku The geese come to rest
On geese flying over a place where the blossom was scattering, for a folding screen picture.
雁がねのかへる翅にかをるなり花をうらむる春の山かぜ
kari ga ne no kaeru tubasa ni kaoru nari hana o uramuru haru no yamakaze Geese cry, as
Created with Soan.
It must have been around the twentieth day of the Second Month, I think, when I was alone and gazing at the sky one evening as the new greenery was emerging in the north, and I composed this on hearing a goose call.
ながめつつおもふもかなしかへるかりゆくらんかたの夕ぐれの空
nagametsutsu omou mo kanashi kaeru kari yukuran kata no yūgure no sora Ever gazing,
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