Composed when he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence to former Emperor Sutoku.
たつたひめかざしのたまのををよわみみだれにけりとみゆるしらつゆ
| tatutaFime kazasi no tama no wo wo yowami midarenikeri to miyuru siratuyu | Princess Tatsuta’s Jewelled hairpin Has threads so frail that Confused do Appear the silver dewdrops. |
Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
あきかぜにすむよもぎふのかれゆけばこゑのことごとむしぞなくなる
| akikaze ni sumu yomogyū no kareyukeba koe no kotogoto mushi zo nakunaru | With the autumn wind, Their home, the mugwort, Begins to wither, so Every single Insect cries out. |
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みるごとにあきにもあるかたつたひめもみぢそむとや山はきるらん[1]
| miru goto ni aki ni mo aru ka tatsutahime momiji somu to ya yama wa kiruran | Each time I see her Is it autumn? Princess Tatsuta, I wonder, are she dying scarlet leaves, So that she may wear the mountains? |
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[1] This poem occurs in Kokin rokujō (648); and also in Tomonori-shū (27), suggesting that it may be by Ki no Tomonori.
山ざとは秋こそものはかなしけれねざめねざめにしかはなきつつ
| yamazato wa aki koso mono wa kanashikere nezame nezame ni shika wa nakitsutsu | A mountain retreat in Autumn is much more Sad; Waking, ever waking To the stags constant cries… |
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ことのねをかぜのしらべにまかせてはたつたひめこそあきはひくらし
| koto no ne o kaze no shirabe ni makasete wa tatsustahime koso aki wa hikurashi | A zither’s strains By the wind tuned Up— Princess Tatsuta Is plucking out the notes of autumn, it seems. |
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Round One
Left
山だもるあきのかりほにおく露はいなおほせどりのなみだなりけり
| yamada moru aki no kariho ni oku tsuyu wa inaosedori no namida narikeri | Warding mountain fields, in Autumn upon a hasty hut The dripping dewdrops are Migrating birds’ Tears. |
Tadamine
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Right
たつたひめいかなるかみにあればかは山をちくさにあきはそむらん
| tatsutahime ika naru kami ni areba ka wa yama o chikusa ni aki wa somuran | Princess Tatsuta: What manner of deity Might she be, that All the mountain’s thousand grasses She dyes with autumn hues? |
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