秋の野におく白露は玉なれや
つらぬきかくるくもの糸すぢ
つらぬきかくるくもの糸すぢ
- Roma-ji
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Aki no no ni oku shiratsuyu wa tama nare ya
tsuranukikakuru kumo no itosuji - English Translation
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On autumn fields lie
drops of white dew—are they gems?
threaded one by one
upon the slender strands spun
of a spider’s woven thread.
- Meaning
- The white dew lying upon the grasses of the autumn field—are they jewels, strung one by one upon the threads of a spider’s web?
- Commentary
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Book Four Autumn Poems (Part One)
Composed for a poetry contest at the residence of Prince Koretada.
The scene of white dew clinging to the spider’s threads stretched among the grasses is likened to jewels threaded upon a string.
- Author
- Funya no Asayasu
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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