ちる花をなにかうらみむ世の中に
わが身もともにあらむ物かは
わが身もともにあらむ物かは
- Roma-ji
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Chiru hana o nani ka uramimu yo no naka ni
waga mi mo tomo ni aramu mono ka wa - English Translation
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Why should I resent
the blossoms as they fall?
in this fleeting world,
shall I myself remain
enduring beside them?
- Meaning
- Why should I resent the falling blossoms? In this world, can I myself remain forever alongside them?
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
Not only the blossoms, but the self as well is fleeting and impermanent; this is emphasized through repeated rhetorical questioning.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Koma namete iza mi ni yukamu furusato wa
yuki to nomi koso hana wa chirurame - Next Poem
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Oshi to omou kokoro wa ito ni yorarenamu
chiru hana goto ni nukite todomenu