Let us rein our steeds,
and go forth to see—
in my old home,
blossoms must be falling
as though they were snow.
- Meaning
- Let us gather our horses and go to see—back in my old home, the blossoms must be falling like snow.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
The poem expresses a longing to see the sight of blossoms scattering like a flurry of snow in one’s home village.
Familiar scenes of beauty from long ago stir the heart with anticipation.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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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?
- To no avail, it cries out again and again— the warbler’s voice; for these blossoms do not fall only in this one year.
- Why should I resent the blossoms as they fall? in this fleeting world, shall I myself remain enduring beside them?
- If only my heart, that feels such regret, could become a thread, then each falling blossom I would pierce and hold in place.