久方のひかりのどけき春の日に
しず心なく花のちるらむ
しず心なく花のちるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi ni
shizugokoro naku hana no chiruramu - English Translation
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In the gentle light
of a calm spring day—
why is it so?
Without a tranquil heart,
the blossoms fall away.
- Meaning
- In the gentle light of a calm spring day, why do the blossoms fall as though they cannot keep a tranquil heart?
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed on the scattering of cherry blossoms.
A well-known poem also included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. It contrasts the peaceful spring sunlight of the first half with the restless falling of the blossoms in the second.
Hisakata no is a pillow word that modifies “light.”
- Author
- Ki no Tomonori
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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