なきとむる花しなければうぐひすも
はては物うくなりぬべらなり
はては物うくなりぬべらなり
- Roma-ji
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Nakitomuru hana shi nakereba uguisu mo
hate wa monouku narinu beranari - English Translation
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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.
- Meaning
- Since there are no blossoms left to hold back by its song, the warbler too seems, in the end, to have grown weary of crying out.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed when the warbler’s song had not been heard for some time in the third month.
The warbler’s song is taken as an attempt to stay the falling blossoms; once they are all gone, it has no reason to sing, and so seems to fall silent, as if weary.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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