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? |
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[1] This poem is included in Gosenshū (VII: 415).
さをしかのしがらみふする秋はぎはたまなす露ぞつつみたりける
saoshika no
shigarami fusuru
akihagi wa
tama nasu tsuyu zo
tsutsumitarikeru | Ah, the stag,
Entangled, tripped
On the autumn bush clover;
Dewdrops turned gemlets
Have wrapped him all around. |
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かみなみのみむろの山をわけゆけばにしきたちきる心ちこそすれ
kaminami no
mimuro no yama o
wakeyukeba
nishiki tachikiru
kokochi koso sure | Deities dwell
Upon Mount Mimuro, where
I forge my way,
Cutting and sewing the brocade of leaves,
I feel! |
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Falling Leaves
ぬれ色のにしきを庭にしく物はしぐれにきほふもみぢなりけり
nure’iro no
nishiki o niwa ni
shiku mono wa
shigure ni kiou
momiji narikeri | Damp dark the hues
Of brocade upon the grounds:
Spread by
A struggle with the showers
Are scarlet leaves. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
竜田姫花の錦の唐衣をいそぐか虫のよるもはたおる
tatsutahime
hana no nishiki no
karaginu o
isogu ka mushi no
yoru mo hata oru |
Princess Tatsuta
A brocade of blossom for
A Cathay robe:
Swiftly that the insects
Come, does she weave upon her loom? |
Fujiwara no Takasue
藤原隆季
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばのちる木のもとにやどかりてたびねの床に錦をぞしく
momijiba no
chiru ko no moto ni
yado karite
tabine no toko ni
nishiki o zo shiku | Scarlet leaves
Fall at the tree’s foot where
I find my lodging;
My traveller’s bed is
Scattered all with brocade! |
Daishin
Falling Leaves
ちりしけるしづはた山の紅葉ばを苔ぢにおれるにしきとぞ見る
chirishikeru
shizu hatayama no
momijiba o
kokeji ni oreru
nishiki to zo miru | Fallen all
On the peasants’ moutain fields are
Scarlet leaves,
Woven on the mossy paths
They do seem like brocade! |
Tadafusa
雲のゐる富士の鳴澤風越して清見が関に錦織かく
kumo no iru
fuji no narusawa
kaze koshite
kiyomi ga seki ni
nishiki orikaku |
Clouds lie
On Narusawa by Fuji:
The wind passing
The barrier at Kiyomi
Weaves a fine brocade. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
[Composed] at Nishiki Bay.
名に高き錦の浦をきて見れば潛かぬあまは少なかりけり
na ni takaki
nisiki no ura wo
kite mireba
kadukanu ama Fa
sukunakarikeri |
Of high renown is
The brocaded Bay of Nishiki;
When I viewed the sight:
Of undecorated fisher-folk above the waves
There were not a few, indeed! |
The Monk Dōmyō
'Simply moving and elegant'