ゆふされば衣手さむしみよしのの
吉野の山にみ雪ふるらし
吉野の山にみ雪ふるらし
- Roma-ji
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Yū sareba koromode samushi Miyoshino no
Yoshino no yama ni miyuki fururashi - English Translation
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as evening falls on
my sleeves grow cold with the chill—
in fair Yoshino
upon the mountain slopes
snow must be falling now
- Meaning
- As evening falls, even my sleeves grow cold—surely on Mount Yoshino the snow must now be falling.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
As the day fades, the cold deepens, and from that growing chill the poet imagines that snow must be falling in the mountains.
Mount Yoshino lies in Nara, extending southward, and has long been known as a place of scenic beauty.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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