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- Senzai Wakashu
Tōzakaru oto wa senedomo tsuki kiyomi kōri to miyuru Shiga no uranami
Though I hear no sound of waves drawing away, the moon is so clear that the waves of Shiga's bay look as if they were made of ice.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shigeie
Tsune yori mo mi ni zo shimikeru aki no no ni tsuki sumu yowa no ogi no uwakaze
More than ever, it pierces me to the heart: the wind across the tops of the reeds at midnight on the autumn fields, under a clear moon.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yorizane
Nagameyaru kokoro no hate zo nakarikeru Akashi no oki ni sumeru tsukikage
As I gaze far out, my heart reaches on without end toward the moonlight shining clear and bright off the shore of Akashi.
Senzai Wakashu - Shun'e
Yaoka yuku hama no masago o shikikaete tama ni nashitsuru aki no yo no tsuki
The moon of the autumn night has spread anew the sands of a shore so vast it would take eight hundred days to walk, turning every grain into a jewel.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nagakata
Ishima yuku Mitarashigawa no oto saete tsuki ya musubanu kōri naruran
The Mitarashi River flowing among the stones rings cold and clear. Could the moonlight on it be a kind of ice that never freezes solid?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintoki
Tsukikage wa kienu kōri to mienagara sazanami yosuru Shiga no Karasaki
The moonlight looks like ice that will never melt, yet little ripples still lap the shore at Karasaki in Shiga.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akiie
Teru tsuki no kage saenureba asajihara yuki no shita ni mo mushi wa nakikeri
The light of the shining moon is so cold and clear that the cogon field looks covered in snow, and even under that snow the insects are crying.
Senzai Wakashu - Raien
Asajihara hazue ni musubu tsuyu goto ni hikari o wakete yadoru tsukikage
On the cogon field, the moonlight shares itself out and lodges in every single drop of dew that forms at the tips of the leaves.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Chikamori
Fukenikeru waga yo no aki zo aware naru katabuku tsuki wa mata mo idenan
The autumn of my life, grown late as the night grows late, fills me with sorrow. The moon now sinking will surely rise again, but I will not.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Mi no usa no aki wa wasururu mono naraba namida kumorade tsuki wa mitemashi
If the sorrows of my life could be forgotten in autumn, I would be able to gaze at the moon without my eyes being clouded by tears.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Ōkata no aki no aware o omoiyare tsuki ni kokoro wa akugarenu tomo
Please think of the sorrow of autumn that all the world feels, even if your heart should wander off, lured away by the moon.
Senzai Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Taguinaku tsurashi to zo omou aki no yo no tsuki o nokoshite akuru shinonome
Nothing compares to the pain I feel when dawn breaks while the moon of the autumn night still lingers in the sky.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Narimichi
Teru tsuki no tabine no toko ya shimoto yū Katsuragiyama no tanigawa no mizu
Could the water of the valley stream on Mount Katsuragi be the bed where the shining moon lies down to sleep on its journey?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Harukanaru Morokoshi made mo yuku mono wa aki no nezame no kokoro narikeri
What travels all the way to distant China is the heart of one who wakes in the night in autumn.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kenshi
Yamazato wa sabishikarikeri kogarashi no fuku yūgure no higurashi no koe
How lonely the mountain village is: the voice of the evening cicada at dusk, as the cold wind blows.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nakazane
Aki no yo wa matsu o harawanu kaze dani mo kanashiki koto no ne o tatezu ya wa
On an autumn night, even a breeze too faint to stir the pine boughs cannot help but sound a note as sorrowful as the koto.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Suemichi