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- Senzai Wakashu
Hatsushigure furu hodo mo naku shimoto yū Katsuragiyama wa irozukinikeri
The first cold shower has scarcely fallen, and already Mount Katsuragi has turned to autumn colors.
Senzai Wakashu - Prince-Priest Kakushō
Murakumo no shigurete somuru momijiba wa usuku koku koso iro ni miekere
The autumn leaves, dyed by cold showers from scattered clouds, show their colors pale in some places and deep in others.
Senzai Wakashu - Kakuen
Shigureyuku yomo no kozue no iro yori mo aki wa yūbe no kawaru narikeri
More than the color of the treetops all around, turning with each cold shower, it is the evening itself that changes in autumn.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Teika
Oboroke no iro to ya hito no omouran Ogura no yama o terasu momijiba
Do people think theirs an ordinary color, the autumn leaves that light up Mount Ogura, the mountain named for dimness?
Senzai Wakashu - Dōmyō
Kimi mimu to kokoro ya shiken Tatsutahime momiji no nishiki iro o tsukuseri
Did the goddess Tatsutahime set her heart on your coming to see? She has dyed the brocade of autumn leaves in every color there is.
Senzai Wakashu - Koben
Furusato ni tou hito araba momijiba no chirinamu nochi o mate to kotae yo
Should anyone come calling at my old home, tell them to wait until the autumn leaves have all fallen.
Senzai Wakashu - Soi
Yamahime ni chie no nishiki o tamukete mo chiru momijiba o ikade todomen
Even if I offered brocade in a thousand folds to the mountain goddess, how could I keep the autumn leaves from falling?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Momijiba ni tsuki no hikari o sashisoete kore ya akaji no nishiki naruran
With the moonlight added to the autumn leaves, can this be the brocade woven on a red ground, bright beneath the moon?
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Yamaoroshi ni uratsutai suru momiji kana ikaga wa subeki Suma no sekimori
On the wind blowing down from the mountains, the autumn leaves travel along the shore. What is the barrier guard of Suma to do?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanesada
Kiyomigata seki ni tomarade yuku fune wa arashi no sasou konoha narikeri
The boats that pass the barrier of Kiyomigata without stopping were, I found, leaves the storm had lured away.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanefusa
Momijiba o seki moru kami ni tamukeokite Ōsakayama o suguru kogarashi
Leaving autumn leaves as an offering to the god who guards the barrier, the cold wind passes over Mount Ōsaka.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanemori
Momijiba no mina kurenai ni chirishikeba na nomi narikeri Shirakawa no seki
Since the autumn leaves lie scattered all in crimson, the "white" of the Shirakawa barrier is a name and nothing more.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Chikamune
Miyako ni wa mada aoba nite mishikadomo momiji chirishiku Shirakawa no seki
In the capital I saw them still green, yet here at the Shirakawa barrier the autumn leaves lie scattered all around.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Yorimasa
Sazanami ya Hira no takane no yamaoroshi momiji o umi no mono to nashitsuru
The wind blowing down from the high peaks of Hira has made the mountain's autumn leaves the lake's own.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Norikane
Tatsutayama matsu no muradachi nakariseba izuku ka nokoru midori naramashi
If there were no stands of pine on Mount Tatsuta, where would any green have remained?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Aki to ieba Iwata no ono no hahasohara shigure mo matazu momijishinikeri
Merely because it is autumn, the oak grove on the moor of Iwata has turned color without waiting for the cold showers.
Senzai Wakashu - Kakusei