Kokinshu #260
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lnhammer Written near Mt. Muro.
On Dripping Hill where
both white dew and winter rains
drip so terribly,
the lower leaves, ah, have now
entirely changed colors.
shiratsuyu mo
shigure mo itaku
moruyama wa
shitaba nokorazu
irozukinikeri
---L.
On Dripping Hill where
both white dew and winter rains
drip so terribly,
the lower leaves, ah, have now
entirely changed colors.
—9 & 18 June 2012
Original by Ki no Tsurayuki. Mt. Moru a.k.a. "Dripping Hill" is on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa -- probably the hill now called Mikami in modern Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, though some commentaries prefer Mt. Mori a little to its southwest, closer to the main road heading east from Kyoto. In any case, I translated its name because it's used as a pivot-word on moru = "to drip/leak." The lower leaves in particular, because water must seep down to them and so are expected to change last. Note that while shigure is usually rendered as "winter rains," they start in late autumn and so an image for this season as well -- in contrast, the dew is from early autumn, giving us the entire season.shiratsuyu mo
shigure mo itaku
moruyama wa
shitaba nokorazu
irozukinikeri
---L.