秋のよにひとまつことのわびしきはむしさへともになけばなりけり
aki no yo ni
hito matsu koto no
wabishiki wa
mushi sae tomo ni
nakeba narikeri | On an autumn night
Awaiting him is so
Sad and lonely,
When even the insects with me
Are crying… |
25
ちりまがふあきのもみぢをみるごとにそでにしぐれのふらぬ日はなし[1]
chirimagau
aki no momiji o
miru koto ni
sode ni shigure no
furanu hi wa nashi | Confusedly scattering are
The scarlet leaves of autumn;
Seeing them,
Upon my sleeves the drizzle
Never fails to fall each day. |
26
[1] This poems also appears in Fubokushō (6273), where it is attributed to Ariwara no Motokata,
たつたがはあきはみづなくあせななむあかぬもみぢのながるればをし[1]
tatsutagawa
aki wa mizu naku
asena namu
akanu momiji no
nagarureba oshi | The river Tatsuta
In autumn, lacks water and
Is shallow, indeed, but though
I never tire of the scarlet leaves
When they flow by, how I do regret it! |
13
いなづまはあるかなきかに見ゆれどもあきのたのみはほにぞいでける
inazuma wa
aru ka naki ka ni
miyuredomo
aki no tanomi wa
ho ni zo idekeru | A flash of lightning:
It may, or may not
Appear, yet
In autumn you can trust that
Ripened ears of rice will. |
14
[1] This poem was included in Gosenshū (VII: 416).
音羽山秋としなれば唐錦かけたることも見ゆる紅葉か
otowayama
aki to shi nareba
karanishiki
kaketaru koto mo
miyuru momiji ka | On Otowa Mountain
When autumn comes
Cathay brocade
Is hung about –
Seem so the scarlet leaves? |
5
女郎花何の心になけれども秋はさくべきこともゆゆしく
ominaeshi
nani no kokoro ni
nakeredomo
aki wa sakubeki
koto mo yuyushiku | O, maidenflowers,
Something within my heart
Is lacking, yet
That you must bloom in autumn
Is a fine thing, indeed! |
6
Scarlet leaves dyed with dew (露染紅葉)
Left
白露のそむる紅葉のいかなればから紅にふかくみゆらん
shiratsuyu no
somuru momiji no
ikanareba
karakurenai ni
fukaku miyuran | When silver dewdrops
Stain the autumn leaves
What happens, but
Their scarlet hues
Seem all the deeper. |
A Court Lady
23
Right
いかにおくしら露なれば紅葉ばのくれなゐふかく色をそむらん
ika ni oku
shiratsuyu nareba
momijiba no
kurenai fukaku
iro o somuran | How can they fall—
These silver dewdrops—so
The autumn leaves with
Ever deeper scarlet
Hues are dyed? |
A Court Lady
24
Wind
Left (Win)
おはらきのもりのくずはもふくかぜにもみぢもあへずちりやしぬらん
oharaki no
mori no kuzuha mo
fuku kaze ni
momiji mo aezu
chiri ya shinuran | In Oharaki
Among the groves, will the kudzu leaves,
When the wind does blow
Parting from the scarlet leaves
Scatter, too, I wonder? |
Tamemasa
3
Right
みかきののくさこそなびけよろづよのはじめのあきのかぜのこゑかも
mikaki no no
kusa koso nabike
yorozu yo no
hajime no aki no
kaze no koe kamo | In the fields by the sacred walls
The grasses do sway;
Ten thousand generations’
First autumn
Breeze sounds out! |
Nagayoshi
4
Shrines 社
ちはやふるいづものもりにみわすゑてねぎぞかけつる杠葉ちらすな
chihayafuru
izumo no mori ni
miwa suete
negi zo kaketsuru
momiji chirasu na | Mighty,
The holy grove of Izumo, where
Preparing sacred wine
The priests make ready –
O, scatter not, scarlet leaves! |
Nakazane
Falling Leaves
あふさかのかけひの水にながるるは音羽の山のもみぢなりけり
ausaka no
kakehi no mizu ni
nagaruru wa
otowa no yama no
momiji narikeri | At Meeting Hill
The waters from the pipes
Do run
With Otowa Mountain’s
Scarlet leaves. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
天雲のたゆたひ来れば九月の黄葉の山もうつろひにけり
amakumo no
tayutapikureba
nagatuki no
momidi no yama mo
uturopinikeri |
As Heaven’s clouds
Come fluttering
In the Longest Month
Autumn leaves upon the mountains
Have paled in hue. |
Composed on falling leaves.
三室山もみぢちるらし旅人の菅の小笠 ににしきおりかく
mimuroyama
momidi tirurasi
tabibito no
suge no wogasa ni
siki orikaku |
Upon Mimuro Mountain
The scarlet leaves seem to have fallen:
For upon the traveller’s
Little umbrella of sedge
Are they spread all over. |
Minamoto no Tsunenobu
源経信
佐保山柞の紅葉薄けれど秋は深くもなりにけるかな
saFoyama no
FaFaso no momidi
usukeredo
aki Fa Fukaku mo
narinikeru kana |
At Saoyama
The oaks’ yellow leaves
Are pale, yet
Autumn so deep
Has become! |
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