あききぬとめにはさやかに見えねども
風のおとにぞおどろかれぬる
風のおとにぞおどろかれぬる
- Roma-ji
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Aki kinu to me ni wa sayaka ni mienedomo
kaze no oto ni zo odorokarenuru - English Translation
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Though with my own eyes
I cannot clearly discern
that autumn has come,
it is in the sound of wind
that I am made aware of it.
- Meaning
- Though I cannot clearly see with my eyes that autumn has come, it is in the sound of the wind that I am made aware of it.
- Commentary
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Book IV, Autumn Poems I
Composed on the day of the Beginning of Autumn.
Though it is still hot and the scenery shows no clear sign of autumn, the poet senses its arrival through the sound of the wind, expressing this subtle awareness directly.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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