みわ山をしかもかくすか春霞
人にしられぬ花やさくらむ
人にしられぬ花やさくらむ
- Roma-ji
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Miwayama o shika mo kakusu ka harugasumi
hito ni shirarenu hana ya sakuramu - English Translation
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Why does it so
conceal Mount Miwa—
spring haze?
Are there blossoms blooming there,
unseen by human eyes?
- Meaning
- Why does the spring haze so conceal Mount Miwa? Perhaps blossoms are blooming there, hidden from the sight of men.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed on the theme of spring.
It echoes a poem from the Man’yōshū: “Why does it so conceal Mount Miwa—even the clouds should have a heart and not hide it.”
Mount Miwa, in Sakurai in Nara, has long been an object of worship. The poet imagines that it is hidden by haze because unseen blossoms are blooming there, beyond the reach of human eyes.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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