色よりもかこそあはれとおもほゆれ
たが袖ふれしやどの梅ぞも
たが袖ふれしやどの梅ぞも
- Roma-ji
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Iro yori mo ka koso aware to omooyure
ta ga sode fureshi yado no ume zo mo - English Translation
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More than its color,
its fragrance moves the heart—
so deeply it feels;
whose sleeves once brushed this lodge’s
plum to leave such scent behind?
- Meaning
- More than its color, its fragrance feels deeply moving to the heart; whose sleeves once brushed the plum at this lodge to leave behind such a lingering scent?
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
The poem sings of the relationship between the plum’s fragrance and the lingering scent left behind.
The pleasing scent is imagined as the transferred fragrance of some noble person’s sleeves.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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