Autumn
Left
秋の夜の有明にみれど久堅の月のかつらはうつろはぬかな
aki no yo no ariake ni miredo hisakata no tsuki no katsura wa utsurouwanu kana An autumn night’s
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秋萩の花咲く比の白露は下ばのためとわきて置くべし
aki hagi no hana saku koro no shiratsuyu wa shitaba no tame to wakite okubeshi In autumn, the bush clover
14
秋風はいなばもそよとふきつめりかりみる程と成りやしぬらん
akikaze wa inaba mo soyo to fukitsumeri kari miru hodo to nari ya shinuran The autumn breeze
15
Right
銀河とわたる舟は花薄ほにいづるほどぞかげもみゆべき
ama no kawa towataru fune wa hanasusuki ho ni izuru hodo zo kage mo miyubeki Across the River of Heaven
16
女郎花さがの花をば色ながら秋をさかりといはれずもがな
ominaeshi saga no hana oba iro nagara aki o sakari to iwarezu mogana Maidenflowers:
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小男鹿の朝たつ霧にうりふ山嶺の梢は色こかりけり
saoshika no asa tatsu kiri ni urifuyama mine no kozue wa iro kokarikeri Stags
18
しら露のおきしくのべを見るごとにあはれは秋ぞかずまさりける
shiratsuyu no okishiku nobe o miru goto ni aware wa aki zo kazu masarikeru Silver dewdrops,
31
あきかぜのうちふくからにはなもはもみだれてもちるのべの草きか
aki kaze no uchifuku kara ni hana mo ha mo midarete mo chiru nobe no kusaki ka The autumn breeze
32
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
On dew.
このころの秋風寒し萩の花散らす白露置きにけらしも
kono koro no
At about this time
Anonymous
When he drew the topic of dew, when people were composing poetry on randomly selected topics at the residence of the Minister of the Left.
我ならぬ草葉もものは思ひけり袖より外におけるしらつゆ
aFare naranu
Not only I, but
Fujiwara no Tadakuni
At a time when she was living with relatives, and the bush-clover was blooming particularly beautifully, the master of the house was somewhere else and not communicating, so she sent this to him.
白露も心おきてや思ふらむぬしもたづねぬやどの秋はぎ
siratuyu mo
Silver dewdrops
Chikuzen Wet Nurse
小笹原末葉に結ぶ白露の光の間にも澄める月影
ozasawara
In the groves of young broad-leaved bamboo
Fujiwara no Chikataka
小笹原染み身における白露を飽きは絶えせぬ玉とこそ見れ
ozasawara
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo
Fujiwara no Akinaka
我が宿の菊の白露今日今日ごとにいく代たまりて淵となるらむ
wa ga yado no
At my dwelling,
Nakatsukasa
On the 13th night of the Ninth Month.
今宵はと心え顔に澄む月の光もてなす菊の白露
koyoi wa to
“Tonight is it!”
Saigyō
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