わぎもこがひもゆふぐれのきくなればあかずぞはなのいろはみえける
wagimoko ga
hi mo yūgure no
kiku nareba
akazu zo hana no
iro wa miekeru | My darling girl
Both day and eve is
As a chrysanthemum, so
Never sated am I with this flower’s
Hues I see. |
Korenori
5
きくのはなふゆののかぜにちりもせでけふまでとてやしもはおくらん
kiku no hana
fuyu no kaze ni
chiri mo sede
kyō made tote ya
shimo wa okuran | Chrysanthemum blooms
In the winter wind
Scatter not;
Is it that up to today is when
Frost is said to fall? |
Korenori
6
かげさへやこよひはにほふきくのはなあまてるつきにかのそはるらん
kage sae ya
koyoi wa niou
kiku no hana
ama teru tsuki ni
ka no sowaruran | Even their shape
Fills tonight with a scented glow; Chrysanthemum blooms
To the heaven-shining moon
Seem to add their fragrance. |
Korenori
7
あきすぎてはなざかりなるきくのはないろにたぐひてあきやかへれる
aki sugite
hanazakari naru
kiku no hana
iro ni taguite
aki ya kaereru | Autumn is past and
The flowers richly blooming are
Chrysanthemums:
With their hues
Autumn does return! |
Korenori
3
なみとのみうちこそみゆれすみのえのきしにのこれるしらぎくのはな
nami to nomi
uchi koso miyure
suminoe no
kishi ni nokoreru
shiragiku no hana | Simply as waves
Do they, indeed, appear!
At Suminoe
Lingering on the shore
White chrysanthemum blooms. |
Korenori
4
Poems from a Chrysanthemum Match held by the Senior Courtier Gentlemen in the presence of His Majesty, 13th day of the Tenth Month, Engi 13.
Left
ちりはててはななきときのはななればうつろふいろのをしくもあるかな
chirihatete
hakanaki toki no
hana nareba
utsurou iro no
oshiku mo aru kana | All scattered now,
For such a brief time are
These flowers here;
The fading of their hues
Is something I regret! |
Okikaze
1
しらくものうへにしうつるきくなればいたくをにほへはなとみるべく
shirakumo no
uenishi utsuru
kiku nareba
itaku o nioe
hana to mirubeku | A white cloud,
Planted is this gleaming
Chrysanthemum, so
Bright, indeed, shining
Does the bloom look to be… |
Suetada
2
On the conception of chrysanthemums under the moon by a lattice fence, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
霜をまつまがきの菊のよひの間におきまよふ色は山のはの月
shimo o matsu
magaki no kiku no
yoi no ma ni
okimayou iro wa
yama no ha no tsuki | Awaiting the frost
By my lattice fence, the chrysanthemums
In the midst of night
Are draped in puzzling hues
By the moon from off the mountains’ edge. |
Kunaikyō
Created with Soan.
Left (Tie)
わがやどのきくの花しももみぢねばすぎゆく秋もあらじとぞおもふ
wa ga yado no
kiku no hana shimo
momijineba
sugiyuku aki mo
araji to zo omou | At my house
Even the chrysanthemum blooms
Have yet to take on autumn hues, so
The season’s passing
I do not seem to feel! |
15
Right
はかなくてすぐる秋とは知りながらをしむ心のなほあかぬかな
hakanakute
suguru aki to wa
shirinagara
oshimu kokoro no
nao akanu kana | Brief, indeed, is
Autumn’s passing, that
I know so well, yet
The regrets within my heart are
Ever unsatisfied! |
16
きくの露わかゆばかりにそでふれて花のあるじに千代はゆづらむ
kiku no tsuyu
wakayu bakari ni
sode furete
hana no aruji ni
chiyo wa yuzuramu | Chrysanthemum dew a little
Youth, just, will
Bring to my sleeves;
To the flower’s mistress
I would gift a thousand generations! |
On an old woman wiping her face with chrysanthemum dew on the ninth day of the Ninth Month.
けふまでに我をおもへば菊の上の露は千年の玉にざりける
kyō made ni
ware o omoeba
kiku no ue no
tsuyu wa chitose no
tama nizarikeru | Up until this day
Have you thought of me, so
Upon the chrysanthemums
These dewdrops, thousand year
Jewels do not seem to be. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
つゆながらをりてかざさむきくのはなおいせぬ秋のひさしかるべく[1]
tsuyu nagara
orite kasasamu
kiku no hana
oisenu aki no
hisashikarubeku | Dew-dappled
Let us pluck and wear
Chrysanthemum blooms
That an Autumn of eternal youth
Should last forever! |
71
[1] This poem is included in Kokinshū (V: 270), where it is attributed to Ki no Tomonori.
もみぢばのながるるあきはかはごとににしきあらふとひとはみるらん[1]
momijiba no
nagaruru aki wa
kawa goto ni
nishiki arau to
hito wa miruramu | The scarlet leaves
Flow and in autumn
By every river
Washing their brocade
Folk can be seen! |
ひしくればよるもめかれじきくのはなあきすぎぬればあふべきものか
hi shi kureba
yoru mo mekareji
kiku no hana
aki suginureba
aubeki mono ka | When the day is here,
At night you do escape my sight,
O, chrysanthemums;
When autumn has passed by,
I wonder shall we meet again? |
70
[1] This poem is included in Gosenshū (VII: 415).
万代を菊の種とや蒔きそめて花見る毎に祈り来にける
yoroduyo wo
kiku no tane to ya
makisomete
Fana miru goto ni
inorikinikeru |
“For ten thousand generations!”
Chrysanthemum seeds
I have begun to sew, and
With the sight of every bloom,
That was my fervent prayer! |
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