こづたへばおのがはかぜにちる花を
たれにおほせてここらなくらむ
たれにおほせてここらなくらむ
- Roma-ji
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Kozutaeba ono ga hakaze ni chiru hana o
tare ni ōsete kokora nakuramu - English Translation
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As it flits from branch
to branch, by its own wing-wind
blossoms fall away;
whom does it blame, I wonder,
that it cries out so?
- Meaning
- As the warbler moves from branch to branch, scattering blossoms with the wind of its own wings, whom does it blame that it cries out so?
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed on the song of the warbler.
The warbler’s cry is often taken as lamenting the falling blossoms; yet here, the poet notes that it is the bird itself that causes them to fall, and wonders at whom it directs its complaint, perhaps with a touch of gentle humor.
- Author
- Sosei Hoshi
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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