A poem composed in reply to His Majesty by Tachibana sukune Naramaro.
奥山之 真木葉淩 零雪乃 零者雖益 地尓落目八方
| okuyama no maki no pa sinogi puru yuki no puri pa masu tomo tuti ni otime ya mo | Deep within the mountains Evergreen leaves are weighed down With falling snow, but Even should it keep on falling Will it ever tumble to the ground? |
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あき風に声をほにあげて行く舟はあまの戸わたる雁にざりける
| aki kaze ni kowe o ho ni agete yuku funa wa ama no to wataru kari ni zo arikeru | In the autumn wind, Hark! Voices raised with the sails, These boats departing Cross to a skybound shore: The geese are leaving. |
Lord Fujiwara no Sugane
110[1]
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紅葉ばの散りこむ時は袖にうけむつちにおちなばきずもこそつけ
| momijiba no chirikomu toki wa sode ni ukemu tsuchi ni ochinaba kizu mo koso tsuke | When the scarlet leaves Come scattering I would catch them in my sleeves, that They not fall to the ground and Suffer any injury at all! |
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[1] Kokinshū IV: 212; Shinsen manyōshū 117; Kokin rokujō VI: 4359