鶯の笠にぬふという梅の花
折りてかざさむおいかくるやと
折りてかざさむおいかくるやと
- Roma-ji
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Uguisu no kasa ni nuu to iu ume no hana
orite kazasamu oi kakuru ya to - English Translation
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The plum blossoms said
to be sewn on the warbler’s hat—
I will break them off
and set them in my hair,
thinking they may hide my age.
- Meaning
- I will break off the plum blossoms said to be sewn upon the warbler’s hat and set them in my hair, thinking they may hide my age.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
This poem was composed upon breaking off plum blossoms.
The conceit is formed by the Kagura song:
“Twisting green willow threads, the hat the warbler is said to sew is a hat of plum blossoms.”
- Author
- Minamoto no Tsune
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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