紅葉せぬときはの山は吹く風の
音にや秋を聞きわたるらむ
音にや秋を聞きわたるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Momiji senu Tokiwa no yama wa fuku kaze no
oto ni ya aki o kikiwataruramu - English Translation
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on the evergreen mount
where leaves never turn to crimson,
must it be the wind
whose sound alone tells of autumn
as it passes ever on?
- Meaning
- On the evergreen mountain where leaves never turn, must it be through the sound of the wind that autumn is known?
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
Composed when an autumn poetry contest was held.
Though autumn is usually marked by the changing colors of leaves, on Mount Tokiwa—whose name suggests evergreen constancy—the season cannot be seen. Instead, the poet imagines that autumn is perceived only through the sound of the wind.
- Author
- Ki no Yoshimochi
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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