The Autumn Wind Poem by Ono no Komachi

The Autumn Wind

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The autumn wind (In his ennui he blew cold)
Across the rice ears, (On our love)
So sad;
Empty of grain (My heart desolate)
Are they left.

Thursday, September 2, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: autumn,sad,wind
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 18 June 2016

understand that this waka was not easy to translate.. probably 'cause she used a lot of kakekotoba [: pivot word]

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