Original
あきかぜはくものうへまでふきのぼれつきのかつらのちりちらずみむ
akikaze wa
kumo no ue made
fukinobore
tsuki no katsura no
chiri chirazu mimu | O, autumn wind
Above the clouds
Blow high!
For the silver trees upon the moon
I would see scatter, or scatter not! |
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Left (Win)
くものうへにかぜはふかせじもみぢばをつきのうちだにちらさでをみむ
kumo no ue ni
kaze wa fukaseji
momijiba o
tsuki no uchi dani
chirasade o mimu | Above the clouds
The wind will not blow, I hope!
For even the scarlet leaves
Beneath the moon
Unscattered I would behold… |
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Right
そらながらあまのかはかぜさむければつきのかつらはとまりしもせじ
sora nagara
ama no kawakaze
samukereba
tsuki no katsura wa
tomarishi mo seji | Within the skies
The wind o’er Heaven’s river
Is chill, so
The silver trees upon the moon
Will not have lingered, I think. |
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Plovers
夕づくよさほの河風身にしみて袖より過ぐる千どり鳴くなり
yūzukuyo
sao no kawakaze
mi ni shimite
sode yori suguru
chidori nakunari | On a moonlit evening
The wind from off the River Sao
Pierces my flesh
Passing o’er my sleeves
Carrying the plovers’ cries. |
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A breeze on a river resembling autumn.
岩くぐる水にや秋のたつ田川かは風すずし夏の夕ぐれ
iwa kuguru
mizu ni ya aki no
tatsutagawa
kawakaze suzushi
natsu no yūgure | Running ‘neath the rocks
Do the waters bring autumn
To Tatsuta River, for
The river breeze is so cool
On a summer evening… |
たまもかるゐでの河風吹きにけりみなわにうかぶ山ぶきのはな
tamamo karu
ide no kawakaze
fukinikeri
minawa ni ukabu
yamabuki no hana | Reaping gemweed
At Ide the breeze over the river
Has blown, and
Floating on the water-foam are
Kerria blossoms. |
Created with Soan.
さくらばなちりかひかすむ春のよのおぼろ月よのかもの河風
sakurabana
chiri kaikasumu
haru no yo no
oborozukiyo no
kamo no kawakaze | Cherry blossom
Scattering, is hazily blended
On this spring night
With the misty moon
By the breeze upon the Kamo River. |
Created with Soan.
Topic unknown.
みそぎするならのをがはのかはかぜにいのりぞわたるしたにたえじと
misogisuru
nara no ogawa no
kawakaze ni
inori zo wataru
shita ni taeji to | Lustrations take place
At the Nara stream, and
On the breeze from off the river
Let my prayer cross over—
That our secret should be kept forever! |
Yashiro no Ōkimi
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Topic unknown.
都いでて今日みかの原泉河かは風さむし衣かぜ山
miyako idete
keFu mika no Fara
idumigaFa
kaFakaze samusi
koromo kaseyama |
Departing the capital,
Today on Mika meadow,
From the River Izumi
Chill is the wind, indeed, so
Lend me your robe, O Kase Moutain! |
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