あづさゆみ春たちしより年月の
いるがごとくもおもほゆるかな
いるがごとくもおもほゆるかな
- Roma-ji
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Azusayumi haru tachishi yori toshitsuki no
iru ga gotoku mo omooyuru kana - English Translation
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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.
- Meaning
- Since spring began, the months and years seem to pass as swiftly as arrows shot from a bow.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem on how quickly spring passes.
Though it speaks of time since the coming of spring, it may reflect the feeling of late spring, or even more broadly the swift passing of the year itself.
Azusa yumi is a pillow word associated with “haru,” playing on both “spring” and “to draw a bowstring.”
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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