Autumn
Round Seven
Left
秋山はからくれなゐに成りにけりいくしほしぐれふりてそめけん
akiyama wa karakurenai ni narinikeri iku shio shigure furite someken The autumn mountains
13[1]
Right (Win)
秋きぬとめにはさやかにみえねども風の音にぞおどろかれぬる
aki kinu to me ni wa sayaka ni mienedomo kaze no oto ni zo odorokarenuru That autumn has come
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 14[2]
[1] Shokugosenshū VII: 429
[2] This poem was particularly highly evaluated and so is included in numerous other anthologies (Kokin rokujō I: 125), exemplary collections (Shinsen waka 2) and senka awase – contests assembled from prior poems (Shunzei sanjū roku nin uta’awase 61; Jidai fudō uta’awase 49).
よもぎふに露のおきしくあきのよはひとりぬるみもそでぞぬれける
yomogyū ni tsuyu no okishiku aki no yo wa hitori nuru mi mo sode zo nurekeru Upon the mugwort
35
あしひきの山べによするしらなみはくれなゐふかくあきぞ見えける
ashihiki no yamabe ni yosuru shiranami wa kurenai fukaku aki zo miekeru Upon the leg-wearying
36
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
A Court Lady
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—
A Court Lady
Scarlet lotus flowers floating on marsh water (緑沼紅蓮浮)
Left (Win)
みどりぬにうきたるはちすくれなゐにみづにごるなり波たつなゆめ
midorinu ni Upon the green marsh
6
Right
紅のはちすうきたるみどりぬにしら波たてばこきまぜの花
kurenawi no Scarlet,
7[1]
[1] These poems are included in Fubokushō (XXIV: 11386 ) and (XXIV: 11387 ).
Shrines 社
神がきやみむろの山の木がくれにも見えまがはぬはあけの玉がき
kamigaki ya O, sacred wall!
Tadafusa
Love Closely Nearby.
紅の裾引くほどの宿なれど色にいでなば人に知られじ
kurenawi no Her scarlet
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (1104-1177)
紅はうつろふものぞ橡のなれにし来ぬになほしかめやも
kurenawi wa
Scarlet is
The poems above were composed on the 5th day of the Fifth Month by the Governor, Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi.
沖行くや赤ら小舟につと遣らばけだし人見て開き見むかも
oki yuku ya
Heading out into the offing
Composed for the Poetry Competition held at the Residence of Middle Councillor Toshitada.
くれなゐの濃染の衣うへにきむこひのなみたの色かくるやと
kurenawi no
In scarlet
Fujiwara no Akitsuna
'Simply moving and elegant'