Kokinshu #267
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lnhammer Written as an autumn poem.
Although it is pale,
the color of these yellow oaks
upon Mt. Saho,
the season of autumn, ah!,
has become even deeper.
sahoyama no
hahaso no iro wa
usukeredo
aki wa fukaku mo
narinikeru kana
---L.
Although it is pale,
the color of these yellow oaks
upon Mt. Saho,
the season of autumn, ah!,
has become even deeper.
—21 June 2012
Original by Sakanoue no Korenori. His birth and death dates are unknown, but he participated in the Kanpyô era consort's competition in c.893 and appears in court records as a minor official between 908 and 924. He has seven poems in the Kokinshu. ¶ The entire point being the contrast of the "pale" of yellow oak leaves and autumn getting "deep." As deep autumn and a deep color are different things, I'm not sure the wordplay quite works, even though in both languages the same word is used. I added "yellow" as a gloss-within-the-text.sahoyama no
hahaso no iro wa
usukeredo
aki wa fukaku mo
narinikeru kana
---L.