あめふればかさとり山のもみぢばはゆきかふ人のそでさへぞてる[1]
| ame fureba kasatoriyama no momijiba wa yuki kau hito no sode sae zo teru | When rain falls on Kasatori Mountain, take your umbrella, For the scarlet leaves set Passing folks’ Sleeves alight! |
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くりかへし我がみをわけてなみだこそ秋のしぐれにおとらざりけれ
| kurikaeshi wa ga mi o wakete namida koso aki no shigure ni otorazarikere | Time and again Am I broken By tears; The autumn drizzle Cannot outdo them… |
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[1] This poem was included in Kokinshū (V: 263), attributed to Mibu no Tadamine.
時雨降る秋の山辺をゆくときは心にもあらぬ袖ぞひちける
| shigure furu aki no yamabe o yuku toki wa kokoro ni mo aranu sode zo hichikeru | Drizzle falls In autumn on the mountain meadows; And when I travel there Not my heart, but My sleeves are truly drenched. |
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年ごとにいかなる露のおけばかも秋の山辺の色濃かるらむ
| toshi goto ni ikanaru tsuyu no okeba kamo aki no yamabe no iro kokaruramu | Every single year However many dewdrops May fall The autumn mountain meadows Turn to richer hues, it seems. |
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久方の天照る月のにごりなく君が御代をばともにとぞ思ふ
| hisakata no ama teru tsuki no nigorinaku kimi ga miyo oba tomo ni to zo omou | The eternal Heaven-shining moon is So clear that My Lord’s reign Lives together with it in my thoughts! |
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宵よひに秋の草葉におく露の玉にぬかむととれば消えつつ[1]
| yoiyoi ni aki no kusaba ni oku tsuyu no tama ni nukamu to toreba kietsutsu | Night after night Upon the blades of autumn grass Fall dewdrops; I would thread those jewels, but At a touch, ever do they vanish away… |
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[1] This poem is also Shinsenzaishū 316, where it is attributed to Ōshikōchi no Mitsune.
Distant colours of blossom in full bloom
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なつかしきかこそ袖までにほふなれ花の木ずゑは遥かなれども
| natsukashiki ka koso sode made niou nare hana no kozue wa harukanaredomo | That comforting, familiar Fragrance has reached my very sleeves And scented them; Though the blossom-laden treetops Lie far away… |
Minamoto no Masamitsu, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Medicine
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花ざかりさきそめしよりあかなくによその梢を折りつつぞみる
| hanazakari sakisomeshi yori akanaku ni yoso no kozue o oritsutsu zo miru | Since a profusion of blossom Began to bloom, Unable to sate myself, Distant treetops Will I ever break off and gaze upon. |
Minamoto no Masamitsu, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Medicine
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風にちるはなたちばなに袖しめてわがおもふいもが手枕にせん
| kaze ni chiru hanatachibana ni sode shimete wa ga omou imo ga tamakura ni sen | Scattered on the breeze Orange blossoms’ scent Has sunk into my sleeves, So to my darling girl My arm as a pillow will I proffer. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Composed on the conception of changing into summer clothes, when a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to His Majesty, Emperor Horikawa.
けふかふるせみの羽ごろもきてみればたもとに夏はたつにぞ有りける
| kyō kauru semi no hagoromo kitemireba tamoto ni natsu wa tatsu ni zo arikeru | With the change today, A robe of cicada wings I do put on and see Upon my sleeves that summer Has, indeed, arrived! |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Composed on the conception of changing into summer clothes, when a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to His Majesty, Emperor Horikawa.
夏ごろもはなのたもとにぬぎかへて春のかたみもとまらざりけり
| natsugoromo hana no tamoto ni nugikaete haru no katami mo tomarazarikeri | For summer garb Blossom-laden sleeves I remove, and with the change Those keepsakes of springtime Fail to linger on. |
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
Composed on the conception of Lingering Cold.
衣手のうすきや冬のせきならんわが身はいとどしみこほりつつ
| koromode no usuki ya fuyu no seki naran wa ga mi wa itodo shimikōritsutsu | Do my sleeves, So scanty, winter’s Barrier gate mark? My flesh is still so Pierced with icy chills! |
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがには苔のたもとにふるまへど涙ならではくる人もなし
| sasagani wa koke no tamoto ni furumaedo namida narade wa kuru hito mo nashi | A tiny crab On my mossy sleeves Does spin her web, yet Absent my tears, There is no one to come, at all… |
Toshiyori
Boats 船
なごかれよみずりもすまにかきつみてあからも袖の灘通る日ぞ
| nagokare yo mizuri mo suma ni kakitsumite akara mo sode no natatōru hi zo | O, be calm! The dyestuffs at Suma are Gathered all together, and The red hue on my sleeves is The sun passing through these perilous seas! |
Toshiyori