Left – Karukaya
はなさかむあきくるまではかるかやのみだれんとだに我がおもはぬに
hana sakamu
aki kuru made wa
karukaya no
midaren to dani
ware omowanu ni | Its flowers bloom
In autumn, but ‘til then
That the tufted grass
Is all confused,
I would not even think… |
11
Right
こゑにいでてはかるかやまの山びこはこたふるかたのゆきとはるけき
koe ni idete wa
karukayama no
yamabiko wa
kotauru kata no
yuki to harukeki | A voice sounds out on
The tufted grass-covered mount,
The mountain spirit
In response sends
Snow into the distance. |
12a
こゑにいでてはかるかやまの山びこはこたふるかたのゆけどはるけき
koe ni idete wa
karukayama no
yamabiko wa
kotauru kata no
yukedo harukeki | A voice sounds out on
The tufted grass-covered mount,
The mountain spirit’s
Response goes
Out yet still is far away. |
12b
Composed on flowering grasses on the plains.
夕さればのぢのかるかや打ちなびきみだれてのみぞ露もおきける
yū sareba
noji no karukaya
uchinabiki
midarete nomi zo
tsuyu mo okikeru | When the evening comes
The flowering grasses by the field paths
Bow down,
Simply tangled by
The falling dew. |
Composed on karukaya, when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
秋くればおもひみだるるかるかやのした葉や人の心なるらん
aki kureba
omoimidaruru
karukaya no
shitaba ya hito no
kokoro naruran | When the autumn comes
So confused are my thoughts—
As the tangled tufts of grass
Below are folk’s
Feelings, I wonder? |
Major Counsellor Moroyori
大納言師頼
Karukaya
Left
しらつゆにいろかはりゆくかるかやのほにいでてあきをあはれとぞ思ふ
shiratsuyu ni
iro kawariyuku
karukaya no
ho ni idete aki o
aware to zo omou | With silver dewfall
The hues do change
Of the pampas grass—
Fronds emerge and autumn’s
Sorrow I keenly feel. |
5
Right
よそめにはこともやすらにかるかやをなど秋風のふきみだるらん
yosome ni wa
koto mo yasura ni
karukaya o
nado akikaze no
fukimidaruran | When glanced at
So peaceful is
The pampas grass, so
Why might the autumn wind
Blow it to such confusion? |
6
'Simply moving and elegant'
