あきくればむしとともにぞなかれぬるひとも草ばもかれぬと思へば[1]
aki kureba
mushi to tomo ni zo
nakarenuru
hito mo kusaba mo
karenu to omoeba | When the autumn comes
Together with the insects
Do I weep,
That both folk and grass and leaves
Have withered, is in my thoughts… |
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からにしきみだれるのべとみえつるはあきのこのはのふるにざりける
karanishiki
midareru nobe to
mietsuru wa
aki no ko no ha no
furu ni zarikeru | For Cathay brocade
Confused the meadows
Do seem, for
In autumn, the leaves from the trees
Have truly fallen! |
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[1] This poem also occurs in Fubokushō (5580).
久方の天照る月のにごりなく君が御代をばともにとぞ思ふ
hisakata no
ama teru tsuki no
nigorinaku
kimi ga miyo oba
tomo ni to zo omou | The eternal
Heaven-shining moon is
So clear that
My Lord’s reign
Lives together with it in my thoughts! |
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宵よひに秋の草葉におく露の玉にぬかむととれば消えつつ[1]
yoiyoi ni
aki no kusaba ni
oku tsuyu no
tama ni nukamu to
toreba kietsutsu | Night after night
Upon the blades of autumn grass
Fall dewdrops;
I would thread those jewels, but
At a touch, ever do they vanish away… |
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[1] This poem is also Shinsenzaishū 316, where it is attributed to Ōshikōchi no Mitsune.
今はとて車かけてし庭なれば匂ふ草葉も生ひしけりけり
ima Fa tote
kuruma kaketesi
niFa nareba
nioFu kusaba mo
oFi sigerikeri |
Now, it is, they say, that
Carriages having traversed
The grounds, that
Fragrant grassy leaves
Grow in great profusion. |
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Topic unknown.
常もなき夏の草葉に置く露を命と頼む蟬のはかなさ
tune mo naki
natu no kusaba ni
oku tuyu wo
inoti to tanomu
semi no Fakanasa |
Upon the ever changing
Summer leaves
Drips dew:
The only fit foundation for
The cicadas’ brief life… |
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