Shiki's Autumn haiku

hikuku tobu aze no inago ya hi no yowari	Translation locusts fly low over the levee in the fading sunshine
akikaze ya ikite aimiru nare to ware	Translation autumn wind - met, returning alive you and me
Matsuyama ya akiyori takaki tenshukaku	Translation Matsuyama - higher than the autumn sky castle keep
kumo hashiri kumo ou nihyakutoka kana	Translation clouds're running past running after clouds the Storm Day
yuku aki ya te o hikiaishi matsu futaki	Translation autumn is leaving tugging each others' branches two pine trees
nowaki no yo fumi yomu kokoro sadamarazu	Translation on a stormy night while reading a book wavering mind
kuroki madeni murasaki fukashi budo kana	Translation almost black deepening purple ripe grapes
yuku aki no ware ni kami nashi hotoke nashi	Translation with advancing autumn I am without gods without Buddha
yuku ware ni todomaru nare ni aki futatsu	Translation I am going you're staying two autumns for us
minoue ya mikuji o hikeba aki no kaze	Translation my fate, a fortune tells - autumn wind
nashimuku ya amaki shizuku no ha o taruru	Translation peeling a pear sweet drops dripping along the knife edge
furusato ya matsuri mo sugite kaki no aji	Translation hometown - festivals are over flavorful persimmons
tomoshibi no miete momiji no oku fukashi	Translation lights far way, through leaves of dense autumnal tints

meigetsu ni omoukoto ari ware hitori	Translation the bright moon something in my breast I am alone
meigetsu ni tobiyuku kumo no yukue kana	Translation the bright moon I wonder where the clouds are flying off to
hikisaita kumo no atonari aki no kaze Translation following clouds torn apart autumn wind
asasamu ya murasaki no kumo kieteyuku	Translation morning coolness purple clouds are vanishing
yamashiro ni nokoru yuuhi ya ine no hana	Translation the setting sun remains on the mountain castle flowering rice
sanzen no haiku o kemishi kaki futatsu	Translation looking through three thousand haiku eating two persimmons
kane no ne no wa o nashite kuru yonaga kana	Translation sounds of a temple bell reverberate in a circle a long night
inu no koe kutsu no ne nagakiyo narini keri	Translation a dog howling sound of footsteps longer night