Kokinshu #169
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lnhammer Written the day autumn started.
Although to the eye
it cannot clearly be seen
that autumn has come,
still I find myself surprised
by the whisper of the breeze.
aki kinu to
me ni wa sayaka ni
mienudomo
kaze no oto ni zo
odorokarenuru
---L.
Although to the eye
it cannot clearly be seen
that autumn has come,
still I find myself surprised
by the whisper of the breeze.
—23 October 2011
Original by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (c.830-901 or 907), who held various middling court offices from 866 to 897, ending as a captain of the guard. His mother was another daughter of Ki no Natora, making him maternal cousin of princes Tsuneyasu and Koretada. He has 19 poems in the Kokinshu. ¶ And right on the heels of a poem written the last day of summer, one from the first day of autumn -- being the beginning of the Seventh Month, which fell roughly early-August. The surprise carries over into the next few poems. This is quite lovely in the original, enough so to warrant changing the literal "sound of wind" to "whisper of breeze" purely for the effect.aki kinu to
me ni wa sayaka ni
mienudomo
kaze no oto ni zo
odorokarenuru
---L.