吹く風にあつらへつくる物ならば
このひともとはよぎよといはまし
このひともとはよぎよといはまし
- Roma-ji
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Fuku kaze ni atsuraetsukuru mono naraba
kono hitomoto wa yogi yo to iwamashi - English Translation
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If one could command
the wind that blows as it will,
then I would say:
pass by this single tree,
and leave it untouched.
- Meaning
- If it were possible to give orders to the wind that scatters the blossoms, I would tell it to pass by this one tree and leave it untouched.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
Though knowing it is futile, the poet cannot help but wish to ask the blowing wind to spare at least this one tree—revealing a heart that longs to resist what cannot be controlled.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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