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- Shika Wakashu
Aki ni mata awamu awaji mo shiranu mi wa koyoi bakari no tsuki o dani mimu
Since I cannot know whether I will meet another autumn, at least tonight I will look upon the moon.
Shika Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sanjo
Arishi ni mo arazu nariyuku yo no naka ni kawaranu mono wa aki no yo no tsuki
In a world that keeps changing until it is nothing like what it once was, the one thing that does not change is the moon on autumn nights.
Aki no yo no tsuki no hikari no moru yama wa ko no shitakage mo sayakekarikeri
On Moru Mountain, where the light of the autumn moon filters through, even the shade beneath the trees is clear and bright.
Amatsukaze kumo fukiharau takane nite iru made mitsuru aki no yo no tsuki
On the high peak where the winds of heaven sweep the clouds away, I watched the autumn moon until it sank from sight.
Shika Wakashu - Ryōzen
Aki no yo wa tsuki ni kokoro no hima zo naki izuru o matsu to iru o oshimu to
On autumn nights my heart has no rest because of the moon: waiting for it to rise, and grieving when it sets.
Hiku koma ni kage o narabete Ōsaka no sekiji yori koso tsuki wa idekere
Its light ranged alongside the horses being led to the capital, the moon rose up from the road of the Ōsaka Barrier.
Aki no yo no tsuyu mo kumoranu tsuki o mite okidokoro naki waga kokoro kana
Gazing at the autumn moon, not clouded in the least, my heart cannot settle anywhere.
Aki no yo no tsuki machikanete omoiyaru kokoro ikutabi yama o koyuramu
Unable to wait for the autumn moon to rise, how many times has my yearning heart gone over the mountain to meet it?
Shika Wakashu - Ōe no Yoshitoki
Akiyama no shimizu wa kumaji nigorinaba yadoreru tsuki no kumori mo zo suru
I will not draw water from the clear spring on the autumn mountain. If it were stirred up, the moon reflected in it might grow cloudy.
Aki no yo no tsuki ni kokoro no akugarete kumoi ni mono o omou koro kana
Drawn out by the moon on autumn nights, my heart wanders away, and these days I sink into brooding up among the clouds.
Shika Wakashu - Retired Emperor Kazan
Hitori ite nagamuru yado no ogi no ha ni kaze koso watare aki no yūgure
As I sit alone and gaze out lost in thought, only the wind passes over the reed leaves by my dwelling. It is an autumn evening.
Shika Wakashu - Minamoto no Michinari
Ogi no ha ni soso ya akikaze fukinu nari kobore ya shinuru tsuyu no shiratama
A rustling on the reed leaves tells me the autumn wind has come. Might the dew, like white jewels on the leaves, have spilled away?
Shika Wakashu - Ōe no Yoshitoki
Aki fuku wa ika naru iro no kaze nareba mi ni shimu bakari aware naruramu
What color is the wind that blows in autumn, that it should seep into me so deeply with such sorrow?
Shika Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Miyoshino no Kisayamakage ni tateru matsu iku akikaze ni sonarekinuramu
The pine standing in the shade of Kisa Mountain in Yoshino: how many autumn winds has it weathered to have grown so bent and low?
Shika Wakashu - Sone no Yoshitada
Ogi no ha ni tsuyu fukimusubu kogarashi no oto zo yosamu ni narimasaru naru
The sound of the withering wind, which blows the dew into beads on the reed leaves, seems to grow ever stronger as the night grows cold.
Yūgiri ni kozue mo miezu Hatsuseyama iriai no kane no oto bakari shite
Wrapped in evening mist, Mount Hatsuse hides even its treetops, and only the sound of the sunset bell can be heard.
Shika Wakashu - Minamoto no Kanemasa