山田もる秋のかりいほに置く露は
いなほせ鳥の涙なりけり
いなほせ鳥の涙なりけり
- Roma-ji
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Yamada moru aki no kariio ni oku tsuyu wa
inaosedori no namida narikeri - English Translation
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in the mountain fields
on an autumn watchman’s hut
the dewdrops that fall—
are they not the falling tears
of the rice-bearing bird
- Meaning
- The dew that falls upon the autumn watch-hut in the mountain fields—are they the tears of the rice-bearing bird?
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed for a poetry contest at the residence of Prince Koretada.
A temporary hut is built to guard the mountain rice fields from animals; the poem imagines that the dew falling upon it is in fact the tears shed by the rice-bearing bird.
The “rice-bearing bird” (inaose-dori) is one of the three legendary birds of the Kokin tradition, and its true nature is unknown.
- Author
- Mibu no Tadamine
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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