RULES IN RHYME 

 AUTUMN POEM 



Tokiwa naru, 

 Aoba no Yama mo 

 Aki kureba 

 Kotobazo kaeru 

 Samushi kari keru. 



At the end of summer all the mountains 

 with their wealth of greens and beauty sigh 

 quietly and alone for the passing season. 

 Therefore the autumn arrangements 

 should express loneliness and be simple 

 and straight in line. 



WINTER POEM 



Haruka naru 

 Ikoma no Yama mo 

 Arawarete 

 Kozueno Juji ni 

 Kawaru Kono Kara. 



Mt. Ikoma begins to appear as the sign 

 of winter, and takes the place of the beauty 

 of the dying season. 



