吉野川岸の山吹ふくかぜに
そこの影さへうつろひにけり
そこの影さへうつろひにけり
- Roma-ji
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Yoshinogawa kishi no yamabuki fuku kaze ni
soko no kage sae utsuroinikeri - English Translation
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On Yoshino River’s bank,
kerria blossoms—
in the blowing wind,
even their reflection below
has faded away.
- Meaning
- The kerria blossoms along the banks of the Yoshino River, stirred by the wind, have faded—so that even their reflection in the water seems to vanish.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed upon seeing kerria blossoms along the Yoshino River.
The water of the Yoshino River is so clear that the blossoms’ reflection can be seen upon its bed. As the wind blows and the blossoms scatter, even that reflection is imagined to fade away—an image likely born of poetic imagination rather than literal sight.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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