春風は花のあたりをよぎてふけ
心づからやうつろふと見む
心づからやうつろふと見む
- Roma-ji
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Harukaze wa hana no atari o yogite fuke
kokorozukara ya utsurou to mimu - English Translation
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Spring wind,
pass by the blossoms
and blow elsewhere;
then shall I see
whether they fade of their own accord.
- Meaning
- Spring wind, pass by the blossoms and blow elsewhere; then I will see whether they fade of their own accord.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed upon seeing cherry blossoms fall at the Crown Prince’s guard post.
Watching the blossoms scatter in the wind, the poet imagines how long they might remain if the wind did not blow, and composes the poem with this conceit in mind.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Yoshikaze
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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Hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi ni
shizugokoro naku hana no chiruramu - Next Poem
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Yuki to nomi furu dani aru o sakurabana
ika ni chire to ka kaze no fukuramu