我が来つる方も知られずくらぶ山
木々の木の葉の散るとまがふに
木々の木の葉の散るとまがふに
- Roma-ji
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Waga kitsuru kata mo shirarezu Kurabuyama
kigi no ko no ha no chiru to magau ni - English Translation
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even the path I came
I no longer can discern—
on Mount Kurabu, dark,
as the leaves of many trees
fall in a blinding scatter
- Meaning
- Even the way I came I can no longer tell—on Mount Kurabu, where the falling leaves of many trees scatter in confusion.
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed for a poetry contest at the residence of Prince Koretada.
It depicts a scene in which so many leaves are falling that one cannot even tell the direction from which one has come.
“Mount Kurabu,” written with characters meaning “dark,” is an old name for Mount Kurama, located in the northern part of present-day Kyoto.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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- the autumn leaves flow on and come to rest at the river’s mouth— there, do waves arise deeply dyed in crimson
- even in ages of gods never once has it been heard— the Tatsuta River binding its flowing waters in deep-dyed scarlet
- when I pass in autumn through Mimuro, sacred mount, where the gods abide— it feels as though I have cut and wear a robe of brocade
- with no one to behold they scatter and fall away— deep in the mountains; these autumn leaves are but brocade worn in the night