谷風にとくるこほりのひまごとに
うちいづる浪や春のはつ花
うちいづる浪や春のはつ花
- Roma-ji
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Tanikaze ni tokuru kōri no hima goto ni
uchiizuru nami ya haru no hatsuhana - English Translation
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In the valley wind,
between gaps where ice melts,
from each small opening
waves come flowing out—are these
spring’s very first flowers?
- Meaning
- Could the waves that flow out from between the melting ice, stirred by the wind in the valley, be the very first flowers of spring?
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
A poem from the poetry contest at court in the reign of Kanpyō.
Many nouns are used within a single poem, giving it a sense of rhythm.
A poetry contest was a literary game in which poets were divided into two sides and competed over the merits of their poems.
In the Kokin Wakashū, the poems before and after this one are about the bush warbler, but this poem alone is different.
- Author
- Minamoto no Toshiyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Haru kinu to hito wa iedomo uguisu no
nakanu kagiri wa araji to zo omou - Next Poem
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Hana no ka o kaze no tayori ni taguete zo
uguisu sasou shirube ni wa yaru