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
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
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
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
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばを夜半の嵐のしく庭は物わすれせで朝きよめすな
momijiba o
yowa no arashi no
shiku niwa wa
monowasuresede
asa kiyomesu na | Scarlet leaves
By the midnight storm
Are spread around the grounds:
O, keep them in your mind, and
Clear them not this morning! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
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
這う蔦のなきよなりせば松が枝にかかる紅葉の色を見ましや
hau tsuta no
nakiyo nariseba
matsu ga e ni
kakaru momiji no
iro o mimashi ya |
Trailing ivy:
Were there none in this world,
Upon the pine boughs
Clinging scarlet leaves’
Hues would I see? |
Minamoto no Tadafusa
源忠房
花の散り紅葉流るる山川も人を渡さむためとこそ聞け
hana no chiri
momiji nagaruru
yamakawa mo
hito o watasamu
tame to koso kike |
Blossoms fall, and
Flowing scarlet leaves
This mountain stream
Would hand to her –
That is what it sounds like! |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
'Simply moving and elegant'