もみぢばの流れざりせば竜田河
水の秋をば誰か知らまし
水の秋をば誰か知らまし
- Roma-ji
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Momijiba no nagarezariseba Tatsutagawa
mizu no aki o ba tare ka shiramashi - English Translation
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if the autumn leaves
had not flowed drifting along
the Tatsuta River—
who then would ever know
that autumn had reached its waters
- Meaning
- If the autumn leaves had not flowed along it, who would ever know that autumn had come to the waters of the Tatsuta River?
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
Composed at the banks of the Tatsuta River.
Though the water itself shows little change through the seasons, the flowing autumn leaves reveal that autumn has come even to the river.
- Author
- Sakanoue no Koreyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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