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| 葉は落ちる、 葉は風が吹く、 秋は来た。 |
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| Translation Notes: 葉 = ha = leaf 吹く = fuku = blow 落ちる = ochiru = fall 秋 = aki = autumn 風 ＝ kaze = wind 来た ＝ kita = came の＝ no / は= wa / が＝ ga / all are sentence particles |
| The leaf it falls, The wind blows the leaf, Autumn has come. |
| The Meter: 1 2 3 4 5 Ha wa o-chi-ru 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ha wa ka-ze ga fu-ku 1 2 3 4 5 A-ki wa ki-ta |
| 十月 ２５、２００１ |
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| ｸﾘｽ･ﾍﾈｼｰ |
| Music playing: 落ち葉の踊り(Dance of Falling Leaves) |
| 秋の葉 |
| The Leaf of Autumn |
| The Inspiration: A friend and I were sitting outside talking and I happened to be staring at a particular leaf on a tree that fell off. Well, probably I was just looking in its general direction. Either way, I focused on and witnessed this particular leaf fall, then get caught up in an updraft. I probably witnessed this leaf, with a few of its leaf friends, travel a few hundred yards until it was out of sight without ever touching the ground. I did not really think, "Wow, it is Autumn!" after witnessing this, but it seemed a fitting end for the poem. ^_^ -Chris |