わがためにくる秋にしもあらなくに
虫の音きけばまづぞかなしき
虫の音きけばまづぞかなしき
- Roma-ji
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Waga tame ni kuru aki ni shi mo aranaku ni
mushi no ne kikeba mazu zo kanashiki - English Translation
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Not for me alone
does the coming autumn arrive—
yet when I hear
the voices of the insects,
at once my heart grows sad.
- Meaning
- Autumn does not come for me alone, yet when I hear the voices of the insects, my heart at once becomes sorrowful.
- Commentary
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Book Four Autumn Poems (Part One)
Like the poem “As autumn comes on through all the world around me…,” this also expresses the coming of autumn.
Hearing the cries of insects brings an immediate sense of sadness, and it may be that the poet feels as though autumn has come solely to make them sorrowful.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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- Through these trees, the moonlight filters softly down— seeing its glow, the autumn that stirs the heart has come upon us at last.
- As autumn comes on through all the world around me— then it is that I come to know within myself how sorrowful I truly am.
- In all things alike autumn is full of sorrow— as leaves turn to red, and pass away in their change, we feel it marks their end.
- Though where I lie alone is no bed of grass and leaves— on autumn nights, it seems as though it is wet with the dew that settles there.