秋風のふきにし日よりおとは山
峰のこずゑも色づきにけり
峰のこずゑも色づきにけり
- Roma-ji
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Akikaze no fukinishi hi yori Otowayama
mine no kozue mo irozukinikeri - English Translation
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since the very day
the autumn wind began to blow,
on Mount Otowa
even the treetops on the peak
have taken on autumn hues.
- Meaning
- Since the day the autumn wind began to blow, even the treetops on the peak of Mount Otowa have begun to change their colors.
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
Composed on a pilgrimage to Ishiyama Temple, upon seeing the autumn leaves of Mount Otowa along the way.
Hearing the sound of the wind and feeling autumn in it, the poet, seeing the colored leaves on Mount Otowa, deepens the sense that autumn has come. The “sound” (oto) of Mount Otowa is also associated with the sound of the blowing wind.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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