たがための錦なればか秋霧の
佐保の山辺をたち隠すらむ
佐保の山辺をたち隠すらむ
- Roma-ji
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Ta ga tame no nishiki nareba ka akigiri no
Saho no yamabe o tachikakusuramu - English Translation
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for whose sake is it
this brocade, that autumn mist
should rise and veil it—
hiding from sight the mountain slopes
of Saho all in its embrace?
- Meaning
- For whose sake is it that the autumn mist rises and hides the slopes of Mount Saho, as if concealing a brocade?
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
Composed upon seeing mist rising over Mount Saho during a journey in the province of Yamato.
Wishing to behold the autumn leaves of Mount Saho, the poet instead finds them hidden by mist. He imagines that Saho-hime, the goddess of spring who presides over dyeing and weaving, has woven the leaves into a brocade and concealed it for someone. The autumn leaves are thus likened to a brocade woven by the goddess.
Mount Saho is located in present-day Nara.
- Author
- Ki no Tomonori
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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