Returning geese.
たまづさのはしがきかとも見ゆるかなとびおくれつつかへるかりがね
| tamazusa no hashigaki ka tomo miyuru kana tobi’okuretsutsu kaeru kari ga ne | As on a jewelled missive’s Margin scribbled, perhaps, Do they appear! Parted from their flock in flight, Cry returning geese.[i] |
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[i] See:
Composed on returning geese.
うすずみにかくたまづさとみゆるかなかすめるそらにかへるかりがね
| usuzumi ni kaku tamazusa to miyuru kana kasumeru sora ni kaeru kari ga ne | As on pale grey paper Scribed, a jewelled missive Do they appear! From the hazy sky comes The cries of returning geese… |
Kunimoto, Governor of Tsu
Goshūishū I: 71
Autumn Poems Twenty Rounds
Left
あき風に初雁がねぞ響くなるたが玉章をかけて来つらむ
| akikaze ni hatsukari ga ne zo hibikunaru ta ga tamazusa o kaketekitsuramu | The autumn wind With the first goose calls does Echo Whose jewelled missives Have they come bearing, I wonder? |
Tomonori
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Right
浦ちかくたつ秋霧はもしほやく煙とのみぞ見え渡りける
| ura chikaku tatsu akigiri wa moshio yaku keburi to nomi zo miewatarikeru | Close by the bay Rising autumn mist, as Seaweed salt burning Smoke simply Appears everywhere. |
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[1] Gosenshū VI: 273/Shinsen man’yōshū 325/Kokin rokujō I: 652
