梓弓おしてはるさめけふふりぬ
あすさへふらばわかなつみてむ
あすさへふらばわかなつみてむ
- Roma-ji
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Azusayumi oshite harusame kyō furinu
asu sae furaba wakana tsumitemu - English Translation
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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.
- Meaning
- Spring rain has fallen today across the land. If it continues even tomorrow, I shall gather the young greens then as well.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
The poem uses the daily act of drawing an azusa bow as a prelude, then introduces the gentle spring rain falling everywhere. The phrasing 'today has fallen, even tomorrow' conveys the passage of time and the anticipation of gathering the young greens.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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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.
- In the deep mountains, even the snow on pine trees has not yet melted; in the Capital, on the fields, young greens are gathered.
- For your sake I go out into the spring fields to gather young greens; on my sleeves the snow continues to fall.
- Perhaps going to Kasuga Field to gather young greens, people go with the sleeves of their white garments fluttering.