Cherry blossoms fall—
Scatter and cloud all the air,
Hide it from my sight,
So the road by which old age
Is said to come loses its way.
- Meaning
- Cherry blossoms, scatter in confusion and cloud the air. Let the road by which old age is said to come lose its way.
- Commentary
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97. Old Age
There was a man known as the Minister of Horikawa. A celebration of his fortieth year was held at a house in Kujō.
The poem was composed there by the Middle Captain of the Konoe.
The Middle Captain of the Konoe was Ariwara no Narihira, and this poem is also included in the Kokinshū.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
- Other
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- More than Hikoboshi My longing for you exceeds— Like the Heavenly River’s barrier between, Let that barrier now cease.
- Though through the autumn I said it without such thought, It was never so— Yet like leaves that fall and lie Our bond proved shallow indeed.
- For the lord I trust The flowers that I break for him Are such as these— They know nothing of the time, Ever blooming without end.
- Not that I saw you, Yet not that I saw you not— Still you are dear to me; Without cause today perhaps I gaze on and pass the day.