Left (Win).
天の原おもへばかはる色もなし秋こそ月の光なりけれ
ama no hara
Upon the plain of heaven—
51
Right
いかにせむさらでうき世はなぐさまずたのみし月も涙をちけり
ika ni semu
What should I do?
52
Left (Win).
秋とだに吹あへぬ風に色かはる生田の杜の露の下草
aki to dani
Hardly is autumnthe sacred bounds of Ikuta ,
43
Right
須磨の海人のなれにし袖もしほたれぬ關吹こゆる秋の浦風
suma no ama no
Fisherfolk at lonely Suma,
44
Topic unknown.
なみだ河枕ながるゝうき寢には夢もさだかに見えずぞありける
namidagaFa
Upon a river of tears
Hidden Love.
身にあまるおもひの程もしらるべき泪を人に何つゝむらん
mi ni amaru
Too great to bear
Scarlet leaves.
紅葉ばも千入までこそこがるめれいつをかぎりの老の泪ぞ
momiji ba mo
The scarlet leaves have been
Insects.
いかなれば涙をからぬ蟲の音もさのみ枕の下に鳴らん
ikanareba
Why should it be that,
あはれなりたがつらとてか初雁の寢覺の床に涙そふらん
awarenari
O, how sad!
On falling leaves: at the beginning of the Godless Month, to express his feelings about his travels, while at the Meishō Temple in Tsuki-no-Sawa.
たふとがる涙やそめて散紅葉
tōtogaru
So honoured am I that
(1691)
On autumn frosts.
手にとらば消んなみだぞあつき秋の霜
te ni toraba
Were I to pluck them out by hand
(1684)
On a pilgrimage to Mount Yudono.
語られぬ湯殿にぬらす袂かな
katararenu
I may not tell
(1689)
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