わがやどにさける藤波たちかへり
すぎがてにのみ人の見るらむ
すぎがてにのみ人の見るらむ
- Roma-ji
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Waga yado ni sakeru fujinami tachikaeri
sugigate ni nomi hito no miruramu - English Translation
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At my dwelling,
waves of wisteria bloom;
people turn back,
unable to pass them by,
and linger only to gaze.
- Meaning
- At my home, the wisteria blooms so beautifully that people turn back and cannot help but linger, unable to pass it by.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed upon seeing people stop and gaze at the wisteria blooming at the poet’s residence.
Without elaborate conceit, it simply depicts the scene as it is—suggesting that the wisteria must have been truly splendid.
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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