夜を寒み衣かりがねなくなべに
萩の下葉も移ろいにけり
萩の下葉も移ろいにけり
- Roma-ji
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Yo o samumi koromo kari ga ne naku nabe ni
hagi no shitaba mo utsuroinikeri - English Translation
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In the chill of night,
as if to borrow a robe—
the wild geese cry out;
and beneath the bush clover,
the lower leaves have turned and fade.
- Meaning
- As the nights grow cold enough to need another robe, and the cries of wild geese are heard, even the lower leaves of the bush clover have begun to change and wither.
- Commentary
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Book Four Autumn Poems (Part One)
The deepening of autumn is expressed through the chill of night, the cries of wild geese, and the bush clover leaves turning and fading.
A note attached to the poem says that, according to some, it was composed by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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