Composed as a poem on stags.
さをしかのつまよぶこゑもいかなれや夕はわきてかなしかるらん
sawosika no The stag,
Master of the Right Capital Office Naganori
荻の葉に露ふきむすぶ秋風もゆふべぞわきて身にはしみける
ogi no ha ni To the blades of cogon grass
Kaoru
恨みわびまたじと思ふゆふべだに猶山のはに月はいでにけり
uramiwabi mataji to omou yūbe dani nao yama no ha ni tsuki wa idenikeri Lonely and hating him,
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物おもはぬ野べの草木の葉にだにも秋の夕べは露ぞおきける
mono’omowanu nobe no kusaki no ha ni dani mo aki no yūbe wa tsuyu zo okikeru How startling—
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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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