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Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 08

Scarlet leaves

Left

つねよりもはやきもみぢはしらつゆのわきて心をおけるとやみん

tsune yori mo
hayaki momiji wa
shiratsuyu no
wakite kokoro o
okeru to ya min
Earlier than
Usual upon the scarlet leaves
Have silver dewdrops
Burst—is it my heart that
With them seems to fall?

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Right

もみぢばのながれてせけばやまがははあさきよりなほみづやひぬらん

momijiba no
nagarete sekeba
yamagawa wa
asaki yori nao
mizu ya hinuran
Scarlet leaves
Flow down and block
A mountain stream, so
Shallower than ever do
Its waters seem to fall?

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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 9

The Beginning of Winter

Left (Tie)

しものうへにふるはつゆきのあさごほりとけむほどこそひさしかりけれ

shimo no ue ni
furu hatsuyuki no
asagōri
tokemu hodo koso
hisashikarikeri
Upon the frost
Falls first snow turning
To ice with the morning;
The time ‘twill take to melt
Will be long, indeed.

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Right

かみなづきもみぢのいろはふくかぜとたにのみづとぞおとしはてつる

kaminazuki
momiji no iro wa
fuku kaze to
tani no mizu to zo
otoshihatetsuru
In the Godless Month
The scarlet leaves’ hue
With the gusting wind, and
The waters in the valley, do
Drop completely.

Mitsune
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Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 8

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
To Cathay scarlet
Have turned;
How many dippings with drizzle
Have fallen to dye them so?

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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
The oak trees autumn leaves
Are pale in hue, yet
Most deep has autumn
Become!

Korenori
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Teishi-in ominaeshi uta’awase 17

たつたやまあきをみなへしすぐさねばおくるぬさこそもみぢなりけれ

tatsutayama
aki o mina heshi
sugusaneba
okuru nusa koso
momiji narikere
On Tatsuta Mountain
Autumn for all has
Not yet passed by, so
Proffered are garlands of
Scarlet leaves.

Motoyori
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あきぎりをみなへしなびくふくかぜをこのひともとにはなはちるらし

akigiri o
mina heshi nabiku
fuku kaze o
kono hitomoto ni
hana wa chirurashi
The autumn mists
Have borne down on all
With the gusting wind
A single stalk of
Blooms seems to scatter…

Yoshikaze
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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 69

Left

草も木も枯行く冬の宿なれば雪ならずしてとふ人ぞなき

kusa mo ki mo
kareyuku fuyu no
yado nareba
yuki narazushite
tou hito zo naki
Both grass and trees
Wither away with winter
At my home, so
Even without the snow
No one comes to call.

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Right

ふる雪はえだにしばしもとまらなむ花も紅葉も絶えてなきまは

furu yuki wa
eda ni shibashi mo
tomaranamu
hana mo momiji mo
taete naki ma wa
The falling snow
Upon the branches for a while
Does rest, when
Neither blossoms nor scarlet leaves
Are there at all…

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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 55

Left

唐ころもほせど袂の露けきは我が身の秋になればなりけり

karakoromo
hosedo tamoto no
tsuyukeki wa
wa ga mi no aki ni
nareba narikeri
My Cathay robe
I dry, and yet the sleeves
Dew dampness is because
For me autumn
Has come.

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Right

秋の露色のことごとおけばこそ山も紅葉も千くさなるらめ

aki no tsuyu
iro no kotogoto
okeba koso
yama mo momiji mo
chigusa narurame
The autumn dewdrops
In a medley of colours
Do truly fall, so
The mountains and the autumn leaves, too,
Turn a multitude of hues.

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[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 298

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 52

Left

白露の染めいだす萩の下紅葉衣にうつすあきは来にけり

shiratsuyu no
some’idasu hagi no
shita momiji
koromo ni utsusu
aki wa kinikeri
Silver dewdrops
Lay dye upon the bush clover’s
Scarlet underleaves:
Reflected in its garb,
Autumn has come!

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Right

風寒み啼く秋虫のなみだこそ草に色どる露とおくらめ

kaze samumi
naku akimushi no
namida koso
kusa ni irodoru
tsuyu to okurame
The wind is chill, with
The crying autumn insects’
Tears;
Bringing colour to the grasses,
The dew seems to fall…

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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 48

Left

あき風にほころびぬらむ藤ばかまつづりさせてふきりぎりす鳴く

akikaze ni
hokorobinuramu
fujibakama
tsuzurisase chō
kirigirisu naku
The autumn wind
Seems to have burst the buds of
The asters
‘Sew them back together!’ say
The crickets’ cries.

Ariwara no Muneyana
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Right

秋の夜のあめときこえて降りつるは風に散りつる紅葉なりけり

aki no yo no
ame to kikoete
furitsuru wa
kaze ni chiritsuru
momiji narikeri
On an autumn night
The sound of rain
Falling is
The wind scattered
Scarlet leaves.

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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 44

Left

あきの野の草のたもとか花薄ほに出でてまねく袖とみゆらん

aki no no no
kusa no tamoto ka
hanasusuki
ho ni idete maneku
sode to miyuran
In the autumn meadows
Are the grasses cuffs
Fronds of silver grass?
The emerging ears beckoning
Sleeves do appear to be, I feel.

Ariwara no Muneyana

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Right

山の井は水なきごとぞみえわたる秋の紅葉のちりてかくせば

yama no i wa
mizu naki goto zo
miewataru
aki no momiji no
chirite kakuseba
The mountain wells
Lack water, every one: for
Gazing across
With autumn scarlet scattered
Leaves they are concealed…

Okikaze
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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 42

Left

おく山に紅葉ふみわけ鳴く鹿の声きく時ぞ秋はかなしき

okuyama ni
momiji fumiwake
naku shika no
koe kiku toki zo
aki wa kanashiki
Deep within the mountains
Forging through the scarlet  leaves
When a belling stag’s
Cry I hear, indeed,
Autumn is so sad.

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Right

わがために来る秋にしもあらなくに虫の音聞けば先ぞかなしき

wa ga tame ni
kuru aki ni shimo
aranaku ni
mushi no ne kikeba
saki zo kanashiki
Not for my sake
Has autumn come
And yet,
When the insects’ cries I hear
What lies ahead is sad, indeed.

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