霧立ちて雁ぞ鳴くなる片岡の
朝の原は紅葉しぬらむ
朝の原は紅葉しぬらむ
- Roma-ji
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Kiri tachite kari zo naku naru Kataoka no
Ashita no hara wa momiji shinuramu - English Translation
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with mist rising high
the wild geese cry as they pass—
on Kataoka’s plain
in the morning’s early light
the leaves must now be turned red.
- Meaning
- Mist rises, and the wild geese are calling—on the morning plain of Kataoka, the leaves must now have turned to autumn colors.
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
Through the autumn scene of rising mist and the cries of geese, the poet recalls the autumn foliage once seen on the morning plain of Kataoka.
"Kataoka no ashita no hara" refers to an area in what is now northern Nara Prefecture, around present-day Kashiba in Katsuragi District.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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