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- Shui Wakashu
Yukusue wa mada tōkeredo natsuyama no ko no shitakage zo tachiukarikeru
Though the journey ahead is still long, the shade beneath the trees on the summer mountain makes it hard to move on.
Shui Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Natsuyama no kage o shigemi ya tamaboko no michi yuku hito mo tachitomaruran
Is it because the shade on the summer mountain is so thick that even travelers on the road stop and stand there?
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Matsukage no iwai no mizu o musubiagete natsu naki toshi to omoikeru kana
Scooping up in my hands water from the rocky spring in the shade of the pines, I thought this must be a year without summer.
Shui Wakashu - Egyō
Izuko ni mo saki wa surame do waga yado no yamatonadeshiko tare ni misemashi
They may bloom anywhere, but the Yamato pinks of my own house, now that they have been cut away, to whom shall I show them?
Shui Wakashu - Ise
Soko kiyomi nagaruru kawa no sayaka ni mo harauru koto o kami wa kikanan
As clearly as the river that flows over its pure, clean bed, may the gods hear our prayers of purification.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Sabae nasu araburu kami mo oshinabete kyō wa nagoshi no harae narikeri
Even the wild gods, buzzing like the flies of summer, are all of them calmed today, for this is the day of the summer-passing purification.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nagato
Momiji seba akaku narinan ogurayama aki matsu hodo no na ni koso arikere
When its leaves turn, Mount Ogura will grow red and bright; its name, meaning dim and dark, belongs only to the time of waiting for autumn.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ōaraki no mori no shitakusa shigeriaite fukaku mo natsu no narinikeru kana
The undergrowth of the Ōaraki forest has grown thick and tangled, and summer has deepened completely.
Shui Wakashu - Mibu no Tadamine
Natsugoromo mada hitoe naru utatane ni kokoro shite fuke aki no hatsukaze
I am dozing still in my single-layered summer robe, so blow gently, first wind of autumn.
Shui Wakashu - Anpō
Aki wa kinu tatsuta no yama mo miteshi kana shigurenu saki ni iro ya kawaru to
Autumn has come. I long to see the hills of Tatsuta as well, before the cold showers fall, to find out whether their colors have begun to change.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ogi no ha no soyogu ne to koso akikaze no hito ni shiraruru hajime narikere
It is the rustling of the reed leaves that first lets people know the autumn wind has come.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Yaemugura shigereru yado no sabishiki ni hito koso miene aki wa kinikeri
In this lonely house overgrown with layer upon layer of weeds, no visitor is to be seen, yet autumn alone has come.
Shui Wakashu - Egyō
Aki tachite ikuka mo aranedo kono nenuru asake no kaze wa tamoto suzushi mo
Only a few days have passed since autumn began, yet the wind at dawn, after the night's sleep, feels cool against my sleeves.
Shui Wakashu - Prince Aki
Hikoboshi no tsuma matsu yoi no akikaze ni ware sae ayana hito zo koishiki
On this evening when the Herdsman Star waits for his wife, the autumn wind makes even me, for no reason at all, long for someone dear.
Shui Wakashu - Oshikochi no Mitsune
Akikaze ni yo no fukeyukeba amanogawa kawase ni nami no tachii koso mate
As the night deepens in the autumn wind, like the waves rising and falling on the shoals of the River of Heaven, I rise and sit again as I wait.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Amanogawa tōki watari ni aranedomo kimi ga funade wa toshi ni koso mate
The River of Heaven is not such a distant crossing, yet I must wait a whole year for you to set out in your boat.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro