With kindred hearts,
in the springtime hills,
together we would roam,
and, with no place in mind,
spend the night along the way.
- Meaning
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With companions of like heart, I would wander together through the spring hills and, without deciding any destination, spend the night along the way.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed on the theme of spring.
It expresses a longing to set out with kindred companions and roam freely. Though such travel may seem ordinary now, at the time it may have been an imaginative ideal, reflecting a yearning for freedom.
- Author
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Sosei Hoshi
- Source
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Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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On Yoshino River’s bank,
kerria blossoms—
in the blowing wind,
even their reflection below
has faded away.
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Where frogs are crying
in Ide, the kerria blooms
have already fallen;
had I but known before,
I would have seen them at their height.
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Since spring has come,
time and months have passed away
like arrows shot forth—
so it seems to me,
how swiftly they have gone.
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Since there are no blooms
left for it to hold with song,
the warbler too,
in the end, it seems,
has grown weary of its cry.