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- Manyoshu
Amagomori kokoro ibusemi idemireba kasuga no yama wa irozukinikeri
Shut in by the rain, my heart grew heavy, so I went out to look, and Mount Kasuga had turned to autumn colors.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Ame harete kiyoku teritaru kono tsukuyo mata sara ni shite kumo na tanabiki
The rain has cleared, and the moon shines pure tonight; O clouds, do not trail across it once again.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Koko ni arite kasuga ya izuchi amatsutsumi idete yukaneba koitsutsu zo oru
From here, which way lies Kasuga? Kept in by the rain, I cannot go out, and so I stay here longing.
Manyoshu - Fujiwara no Yatsuka
Kasugano ni shigure furu miyu asu yori wa momichi kazasamu takamato no yama
I see the autumn showers falling on Kasuga Plain; from tomorrow on, Mount Takamato will wear its autumn leaves like flowers in its hair.
Manyoshu - Fujiwara no Yatsuka
Waga yado no obana ga ue no shiratsuyu o ketazute tama ni nuku mono ni mo ga
The white dew on the pampas plumes in my garden: if only I could string it into beads without letting it vanish.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Aki no ame ni nuretsutsu oreba iyashikedo wagimo ga yado shi omooyuru kamo
As I stand here soaked by the autumn rain, I find myself longing for your house, humble though it may be.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Toshikami
Kumo no ue ni naku naru kari no tōkedomo kimi ni awamu to tamotōri kitsu
Though the way is as far as the geese crying above the clouds, I have come the long way round to see you.
Kumo no ue ni nakitsuru kari no samuki nae hagi no shitaba wa momichinuru kamo
Just as the geese that cried above the clouds sounded cold, the lower leaves of the bush clover have turned to autumn color.
Kono oka ni oshika fumiokoshi ukanerai kamokamo suraku kimi yue ni koso
Like a hunter on this hill who flushes a young deer and stalks it watchfully, all my striving this way and that is for your sake alone.
Manyoshu - Koso no Tsushima
Aki no no no obana ga ure o oshinabete koshiku mo shiruku aeru kimi kamo
I came pushing aside the tips of the pampas grass in the autumn fields, and it was worth it, for here I have met you.
Manyoshu - Abe no Mushimaro
Kesa nakite yukishi karigane samumi kamo kono no no asaji irozukinikeru
Was it because the cry of the geese that passed this morning was so cold? The low reeds of this field have turned to autumn color.
Manyoshu - Abe no Mushimaro
Asato akete monomou toki ni shiratsuyu no okeru akihagi mietsutsu motona
When I open my door in the morning, lost in thought, the autumn bush clover laden with white dew keeps catching my eye, stirring my heart in vain.
Manyoshu - Fumi no Umakai
Saoshika no kitachi naku no no akihagi wa tsuyushimo oite chirinishi mono o
The autumn bush clover in the fields where the stag comes to stand and cry has borne the cold dew and fallen away already.
Manyoshu - Fumi no Umakai
Taorazute chirinaba oshi to waga omoishi aki no momichi o kazashitsuru kamo
The autumn leaves I feared would fall before I could pick them: now at last I have set them in my hair.
Manyoshu - Tachibana no Naramaro
Mezurashiki hito ni misemu to momichiba o taori zo waga koshi ame no furaku ni
To show them to my cherished guests, I have come carrying autumn leaves I picked, even though the rain was falling.
Manyoshu - Tachibana no Naramaro
Momichiba o chirasu shigure ni nurete kite kimi ga momichi o kazashitsuru kamo
I came here wet with the showers that scatter the autumn leaves, and now I have set your autumn leaves in my hair.
Manyoshu - Princess Kume