あきのよにかりかもなきてわたるなる我が思ふ人のことづてやせる[1]
aki no yo ni
kari kamo nakite
watarunaru
wa ga omou hito no
kotozute ya seru | On an autumn night
Is that the geese a’crying
As they pass by?
There is one I love—
Would you take a message to her? |
43
おく露にくちゆくのべのくさのはやあきのほたるとなりわたるらむ[2]
oku tsuyu ni
kuchiyuku nobe no
kusa no ha ya
aki no hotaru to
nariwataruramu | Dew falls on
The rotting meadows, where
The blades of grass with
The tired autumn fireflies
Do seem to sound… |
44
[1] A minor variant of this poem is included in Gosenshū (VII: 356), where it is attributed to [Ki no] Tsurayuki.
[2] This poem is included in Fubokushō (5548), where it is attributed to [Mibu no] Tadamine.
よもぎふに露のおきしくあきのよはひとりぬるみもそでぞぬれける
yomogyū ni
tsuyu no okishiku
aki no yo wa
hitori nuru mi mo
sode zo nurekeru | Upon the mugwort
The dew falls, scattered
On an autumn night;
Sleeping alone, my
Sleeves are drenched, indeed! |
35
あしひきの山べによするしらなみはくれなゐふかくあきぞ見えける
ashihiki no
yamabe ni yosuru
shiranami wa
kurenai fukaku
aki zo miekeru | Upon the leg-wearying
Mountain meadows break
The whitecaps;
A deeper scarlet
Does autumn reveal. |
36
わびひとのとしふるさとはあきのののむしのやどりのなるぞわびしき[1]
wabibito no
toshi furu sato wa
aki no no no
mushi no yadori no
naru zo wabishiki | For one sunk in sadness
In an ancient dwelling
Among the autumn fields, where
The insects take their lodging,
Their cries are more heartbreaking. |
23
あきのよのつゆをばつゆとおきながらかりのなみだやのべをそむらん[2]
aki no yo no
tsuyu oba tsuyu to
okinagara
kari no namida ya
nobe o somuramu | On Autumn nights
The dew as dewdrops
Falls, but,
Perhaps goose tears
Stain the fields? |
24
[1] This poems also appears in Fubokushō (5579), where it is attributed to Ariwara no Motokata
[2] This poem also appears in Kokinshū (V: 258) and Kokin rokujō (584). In both collections it is attributed to Mibu no Tadamine.
さをしかのしがらみふする秋はぎはたまなす露ぞつつみたりける
saoshika no
shigarami fusuru
akihagi wa
tama nasu tsuyu zo
tsutsumitarikeru | Ah, the stag,
Entangled, tripped
On the autumn bush clover;
Dewdrops turned gemlets
Have wrapped him all around. |
21
かみなみのみむろの山をわけゆけばにしきたちきる心ちこそすれ
kaminami no
mimuro no yama o
wakeyukeba
nishiki tachikiru
kokochi koso sure | Deities dwell
Upon Mount Mimuro, where
I forge my way,
Cutting and sewing the brocade of leaves,
I feel! |
22
ひぐらしのなくあき山をこえくればことぞともなくものぞかなしき[1]
higurashi no
naku aki yama o
koekureba
koto zo tomonaku
mono zo kanashiki | The sundown cicadas
Sing in the autumn mountains
Passing by,
Everything is somehow
All the more sad… |
17
あきののとなりぞしにける草むらの見るひごとにもまさるつゆかな
aki no no to
nari zo shinikeru
kusamura no
miru hi goto ni mo
masaru tsuyu kana | The autumn fields
Have all turned to
Tangled clumps of grass—
Every day I sight them,
How finer is the dewfall! |
18
[1] This poem was included in two later anthologies: Fubokuwakashu (6015) and Shūfū wakashū 秋風和歌集 (307).
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. |
11
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. |
12
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! |
9
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… |
10
[1] This poem is also Shinsenzaishū 316, where it is attributed to Ōshikōchi no Mitsune.
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
1
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? |
2
Topic unknown.
をぎの葉にそそやあきかぜ吹きぬなりこぼれやしぬるつゆのしらたま
ogi no Fa ni
sosoya aki kaze
Fukinu nari
kobore ya sinuru
tuyu no siratama | Across the fronds of silver grass
Rustling the autumn wind
Has blown;
I wonder have they dripped down –
Those dewdrop pearls? |
Ōe no Yoshitoki
大江嘉言
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
露しげきをざさが原を分けゆけば衣のすそになびくしら玉
tsuyu shigeki
ozasa ga hara o
wakeyukeba
koromo no suso ni
nabiku shiratama | Drenched with dew is
This grove of dwarf bamboo through which
I forge my way, so
My garment’s hems
Trail white gemlets. |
Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'