年をへて花のかがみとなる水は
ちりかかるをやくもるといふらむ
ちりかかるをやくもるといふらむ
- Roma-ji
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Toshi o hete hana no kagami to naru mizu wa
chirikakaru o ya kumoru to iuramu - English Translation
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Over the years, the water
that becomes the flowers’ mirror—
when blossoms scatter down,
would one say the water’s mirror
has grown clouded?
- Meaning
- Over the years, the water that has become a mirror for the flowers—when blossoms scatter down upon it, would one say that the water mirror has grown clouded?
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
A poem composed on seeing plum blossoms blooming by the waterside.
In “when blossoms scatter down,” the word “scatter” plays on both the falling of flowers and the settling of dust. When dust settles, a mirror grows clouded.
- Author
- Ise
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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