In the deep mountains,
even the snow on pine trees
has not yet melted;
in the Capital, on the fields,
young greens are gathered.
- Meaning
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Here in the deep mountains, even the snow piled on the pine trees has not yet melted, yet in the Capital they are gathering the young greens that have sprouted in the fields.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
The lingering snow on the pines of the deep mountains, where spring comes late, is set in contrast with the bright scene of young greens sprouting in the fields of the Capital.
One senses how people in the Capital especially delight in the early young greens.
- Author
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Unknown Poet
- Source
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Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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Living near the fields,
each morning, morning by morning,
the bush warbler’s cry
as it sings can be heard—
so I listen, dawn by dawn.
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Kasuga Field—
today, burn it not, I pray;
the young spring grass—
my wife, too, is hidden,
and I, too, am hidden.
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Pushing the azusa bow,
today spring rain has fallen;
if it falls even tomorrow,
I shall gather the young greens
then as well.
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For your sake I go out into the spring fields
to gather young greens;
on my sleeves the snow continues to fall.