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
9
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
10
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
11
The End of Autumn
Left
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 shioshigure furitesomekemu The autumn mountains
15
Right (Win)
さほやまのははそのもみぢうすけれどあきはふかくもなりにけるかな
saoyama no hahaso no momiji usukeredo aki wa fukaku mo narinikeru kana On Sao Mountain
Korenori
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).
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
'Simply moving and elegant'
