みわたせば柳桜をこきまぜて
宮こぞ春の錦なりける
宮こぞ春の錦なりける
- Roma-ji
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Miwataseba yanagi sakura o kokimazete
miyako zo haru no nishiki narikeru - English Translation
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When I look afar,
willow and cherry intermix—
the capital,
behold, becomes in this spring
brocade of the season.
- Meaning
- When I look far across the capital, where the green of willows and the crimson of cherry blossoms are intermingled, I see that the capital itself is the brocade of spring.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
A poem composed while gazing over the capital at the height of the cherry blossoms.
Though one often hears of the autumn brocade of crimson leaves upon the hills, here the poet realizes that the capital, with willows and cherry blossoms intermingled, is the true brocade of spring.
- Author
- Sosei Hoshi
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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