山たかみみつつわがこしさくら花
風は心にまかすべらなり
風は心にまかすべらなり
- Roma-ji
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Yama takami mitsutsu waga koshi sakurabana
kaze wa kokoro ni makasu beranari - English Translation
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High in the hills,
I only gazed as I passed,
those cherry blossoms;
the wind, it seems,
do as it pleases with them.
- Meaning
- Because the mountain was high, I could only gaze at the cherry blossoms as I passed, without taking them; yet the wind seems to do with them as it pleases.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed after climbing Mount Hiei and returning.
While the poet could only look on from afar, the wind moves freely among the blossoms as it wishes—perhaps expressing a sense of envy toward the wind.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Yuki to nomi furu dani aru o sakurabana
ika ni chire to ka kaze no fukuramu - Next Poem
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Harusame no furu wa namida ka sakurabana
chiru o oshimanu hito shi nakereba