梅の花にほふ春べはくらぶ山
やみにこゆれどしるくぞ有りける
やみにこゆれどしるくぞ有りける
- Roma-ji
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Ume no hana niou harube wa Kurabuyama
yami ni koyuredo shiruku zo arikeru - English Translation
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In spring, when
plum blossoms give forth their scent,
Mount Kurabu—
though I crossed it in the dark of night,
clearly, there they were, I knew.
- Meaning
- In spring, when the plum blossoms were in fragrant bloom, though I crossed Mount Kurabu in the darkness of night, I knew clearly that the plum blossoms were there by their scent.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
A poem composed at Mount Kurabu.
A poem that exaggerates the fragrance of the plum blossoms.
Mount Kurabu is often identified with Mount Kurama in Kyoto, but its location is uncertain.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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