きてなれし袂は人に見せてましつらき涙の色のかはらば
kitenareshi tamoto wa hito ni misetemashi tsuraki namida no iro no kawaraba I was wont to wear
Yurika, from the Hall of the Junior Consort
In reply.
忍草しのぶる程のよがれにはなにに心も袖もぬるらん
shinobugusa shinoburu hodo no yogare ni wa nani ni kokoro mo sode mo nururan A fond fern
The Assistant Lieutenant of the Middle Palace Guards, Left Division
しぐれの雨木の葉ばかりを染めくればかづきし袖は色もかはらず
shigure no ame ko no ha bakari o somekureba kazukishi sode wa iro mo kawarazu Showers of rain
Ryūgen
Love
Left
恋せじと御手洗川に御祓して神うけつらんとおもほゆるかな
koi seji to mitarashigawa ni oharaishite kami uketsuran to omohoyuru kana I’ll not fall in love, and
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恋なれどそこにもすまぬひれはみづにごれりとおもほゆるかな
koi naredo soko ni mo sumanu hire wa mizu nigoreri to omohoyuru kana This is love, yet
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こひわたる程のふかさにそめ川の色あさからじとおもほゆるかな
koiwataru hodo no fukasa ni somekawa no iro asakaraji to omohoyuru kana So long have I loved you that
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Right
おもふとて夕ぐれがたのながめをや人待つほどの恋といふらん
omou tote yūguregata no nagame o ya hito matsu hodo no koi to iuran Thinking of him
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年の内にあまる月日の有りければかぞへのうちにははわぶるかな
toshi no uchi ni amaru tsuki hi no arikereba kazoe no uchi ni haha waburu kana Throughout the year
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Autumn
Left
秋の夜の有明にみれど久堅の月のかつらはうつろはぬかな
aki no yo no ariake ni miredo hisakata no tsuki no katsura wa utsurouwanu kana An autumn night’s
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秋萩の花咲く比の白露は下ばのためとわきて置くべし
aki hagi no hana saku koro no shiratsuyu wa shitaba no tame to wakite okubeshi In autumn, the bush clover
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秋風はいなばもそよとふきつめりかりみる程と成りやしぬらん
akikaze wa inaba mo soyo to fukitsumeri kari miru hodo to nari ya shinuran The autumn breeze
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Right
銀河とわたる舟は花薄ほにいづるほどぞかげもみゆべき
ama no kawa towataru fune wa hanasusuki ho ni izuru hodo zo kage mo miyubeki Across the River of Heaven
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女郎花さがの花をば色ながら秋をさかりといはれずもがな
ominaeshi saga no hana oba iro nagara aki o sakari to iwarezu mogana Maidenflowers:
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小男鹿の朝たつ霧にうりふ山嶺の梢は色こかりけり
saoshika no asa tatsu kiri ni urifuyama mine no kozue wa iro kokarikeri Stags
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Summer
Left
夏くればかみにあふひの草つみてかざしにいのるひとにばかりぞ
natsu kureba kami ni aoi no kusa tsumite kazashi ni inoru hito ni bakari zo When the summer comes
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夏草も茂りにければ駿河なる田子のうらなへ今やひくらん
natsu kusa mo shigerinikereba suruga naru tago no ura nae ima ya hikuran The summer grasses, too,
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夏虫のやどるにまつは色ならで春秋空にうつろひやする
natsumushi no yadoru ni matsu wa iro narade haru aki sora ni utsuroi ya suru The summer insects
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Right
卯花の咲く夏の夜はやみなれどかきねにやどる月かとぞみる
u no hana no saku natsu no yo wa yami naredo kakine ni yadoru tsuki ka to zo miru The deutzia flowers
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五月きぬことかたらはむほととぎす君にあふちの花も咲きけり
satsuki kinu koto katarawamu hototogisu kimi ni auchi no hana mo sakikeri That the Fifth Month has come
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空蝉のからにはあらで置く露の身をあらたむる心なるべし
utsusemi no kara ni wa arade oku tsuyu no mi o aratamuru kokoro narubeshi A cicada’s shed
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かりのみとうはのそらなるなみだこそあきのたもとのつゆとおくらめ
kari nomi to uwa no sora naru namida koso aki no tamoto no tsuyu to okurame The geese simply from
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山がはのたきつせしばしよどまなむあきのもみぢのいろとめて見む
yamagawa no takitsuse shibashi yodomanamu aki no momiji no iro tomete mimu The mountain river’s
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むらさきのねさへいろこき草なれやあきのことごとのべをそむらむ
murasaki no ne sae irokoki kusa nare ya aki no kotogoto nobe o somuramu Do even the gromwell’s
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秋のよにひとを見まくのほしければあまのかはらをたちもならすか[1]
aki no yo ni hito o mimaku no hoshikereba ama no kawara o tachi mo narasu ka On an autumn night
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[1] A minor variant of this poem occurs in Mandaishū (1801) and Shokugoshūishū (688): 秋の夜に人をみまくのほしければ天の川原を立ちならすかな aki no yo ni / hito o mimaku no / hoshikereba / ama no kawara o / tachinarasu kana ‘On an autumn night / To see him is / All my longing, so / On the banks of Heaven’s river / Is where I ever stand!’ (Anonymous).
時雨降る秋の山辺をゆくときは心にもあらぬ袖ぞひちける
shigure furu aki no yamabe o yuku toki wa kokoro ni mo aranu sode zo hichikeru Drizzle falls
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年ごとにいかなる露のおけばかも秋の山辺の色濃かるらむ
toshi goto ni ikanaru tsuyu no okeba kamo aki no yamabe no iro kokaruramu Every single year
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Scarlet leaves dyed with dew (露染紅葉)
Left
白露のそむる紅葉のいかなればから紅にふかくみゆらん
shiratsuyu no somuru momiji no ikanareba karakurenai ni fukaku miyuran When silver dewdrops
A Court Lady
Right
いかにおくしら露なれば紅葉ばのくれなゐふかく色をそむらん
ika ni oku shiratsuyu nareba momijiba no kurenai fukaku iro o somuran How can they fall—
A Court Lady
The depth of colour of spring waters (春水添色深)
Left (Win)
水のいろをそめては深くみゆれども春はよどまぬものにざりける
midu no iro wo The waters’ hues
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Right
春のいろは底なき水にそへりとも流れて深くあらむとぞ思ふ
Faru no iro Fa The hue of spring across
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