On the evening autumn breeze
秋ならでただ大かたの風のおとも夕べはことにかなしきものを
aki narade tada ōkata no kaze no oto mo yūbe wa koto ni kanashiki mono o ’Tis not only in the autumn, but
くれかかるゆふべの空をながむればこだかき山に秋風ぞふく
kurekakaru yūbe no sora o nagamureba kodakaki yama ni akikaze zo fuku Twilight drapes across
On the view near the mountains
声たかみ林にさけぶ猿よりもわれぞ物おもふあきのゆふべは
koe takami hayashi sakebu saru yori mo ware zo mono’omou aki no yūbe wa With voices loud
Orange blossom at an ancient estate.
いにしへをしのぶとなしにふる里のゆふべの雨ににほふたち花
inishie o shinobu to nashi ni furusato no yūbe no ame ni niou tachibana Bygone days [i]
[i] This poem functions as a reply to: Topic unknown. さつきまつ花橘のかをかげば昔の人の袖のかぞする satsuki matsu / hana tachibana no / ka o kageba / mukashi no hito no / sode no ka zo suru ‘Awaiting the Fifth Month / The orange blossoms’ / Scent fills the air, and / Folk from long ago / With their perfumed sleeves come back to me.’ Anonymous (KKS III: 139 ).
山ざくらいまはのころの花の枝にゆふべの雨の露ぞこぼるる
yamazakura ima wa no koro no hana no e ni yūbe no ame no tsuyu zo koboruru The mountain cherries’
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Blossom amid the evening rain.
やま桜あだに散りにし花の枝に夕べの雨の露ぞ残れる
yamazakura ada ni chirinishi hana no e ni yūbe no ame no tsuyu zo nokoreru The mountain cherry
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A miscellaneous poem on spring.
久方之 天芳山 此夕 霞霏［］ 春立下
ひさかたの天の香具山この夕霞たなびく春立つらしも
pisakata no Upon eternal
On the day of an imperial visit to the Naniwa Palace, in Kyōun 3 [706].
あし辺ゆくかものはがひにしもふりてさむきゆふべのことをしぞおもふ
ashibe yuku kamo no hagai ni shimo furite samuki yūbe no koto o shi zo omou Huddled in the reeds
The Tawara Emperor
When he visited the Naniwa Palace in Kyōun 3 [706]
葦邊行 鴨之羽我比尓 霜零而 寒暮夕 和之所念
葦辺行く鴨の羽交ひに霜降りて寒き夕は大和し思ほゆ
asibe yuku kamo no pagapi ni simo purite samuki yupube pa yamato si omopoyu Huddled in the reeds
Prince Shiki
薄霧のまかき籬の花の朝じめり秋は夕べと誰か言ひけむ
usugiri no
Faintly misted
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
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