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- Senzai Wakashu
Tokiwa naru aoba no yama mo aki kureba iro koso kaene sabishikarikeri
Even the evergreen mountain of green leaves, when autumn comes, looks lonely, though it does not change its color.
Senzai Wakashu - Kakuchū
Aki no yo no kokoro o tsukusu hajime tote honoka ni miyuru yūzukuyo kana
As if to mark the beginning of autumn nights that wring the heart with longing, the evening moon appears faintly in the sky.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneie
Aki no tsuki takane no kumo no anata nite hareyuku sora no kururu machikeri
The autumn moon, beyond the clouds on the high peaks, was waiting for the clearing sky to grow dark.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Kogarashi no kumo fukiharau takane yori saete mo tsuki no suminoboru kana
From the high peak where the withering wind has swept away the clouds, the moon rises, cold and piercingly clear.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Izuko ni mo tsuki wa wakaji o ika nareba sayakekaruran Sarashina no yama
The moon surely shines on every place alike, so why is it so bright and clear over the mountain of Sarashina?
Senzai Wakashu - Ryūgen
Idenu yori tsuki miyo to koso saenikere Obasuteyama no yūgure no sora
Even before the moon has risen, the evening sky over Mount Obasute has grown piercingly clear, as if to say, "Look at the moon!"
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takanobu
Kuma mo naki misora ni aki no tsuki sumeba niwa ni wa fuyu no kōri o zo shiku
When the autumn moon shines clear in a sky without a single cloud, the garden below seems spread with the ice of winter.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Masayori
Tsuki mireba haruka ni omou Sarashina no yama mo kokoro no uchi ni zo arikeru
When I gaze at the moon, I find that the mountain of Sarashina, which I thought so far away, lies within my own heart.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanesada
Asu mo komu Noji no Tamagawa hagi koete iro naru nami ni tsuki yadorikeri
Tomorrow too I will come here. At the Jewel River of Noji, where the water flows over the bush clover, the moon has come to lodge on waves tinged with the flowers' color.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Tama yosuru urawa no kaze ni sora harete hikari o kawasu aki no yo no tsuki
In the wind along the bay that drives the jewel-like waves ashore, the sky has cleared, and the moon of the autumn night exchanges its light with them.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Sayo fukete Fuji no takane ni sumu tsuki wa keburi bakari ya kumori narubeki
For the moon shining clear above the lofty peak of Fuji in the depths of the night, could the smoke rising from the mountain be its only cloud?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinyoshi
Ishibashiru mizu no shiratama kazu miete Kiyotakigawa ni sumeru tsukikage
The white droplets of water dashing over the rocks can be counted one by one, so clear is the moonlight shining on the Kiyotaki River.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Shiogama no ura fuku kaze ni kiri harete yasoshima kakete sumeru tsukikage
The wind blowing over the bay of Shiogama has cleared the mist, and the moonlight shines clear across its countless islands.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Omoikuma nakute mo toshi no henuru kana mono iikawase aki no yo no tsuki
The years have gone by with no one to care for me. At least you, moon of the autumn night, speak with me and share some words.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Yama no ha ni masumi no kagami kaketari to miyuru wa tsuki no izuru narikeri
What looked like a perfectly clear mirror hung on the rim of the mountains was, I realize, the moon rising.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Aki no yo ya ama no kawase wa kōruran tsuki no hikari no saemasaru kana
On this autumn night, have the shallows of the River of Heaven frozen over? The moonlight grows ever colder and more piercing.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitsune