今よりはつぎて降らなむ我が宿の
すすきおしなみ降れる白雪
すすきおしなみ降れる白雪
- Roma-ji
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Ima yori wa tsugite furanamu waga yado no
susuki oshinami fureru shirayuki - English Translation
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from this moment on
may it go on falling still—
in my humble yard
pressing down the silver grass
the white snow that has begun
- Meaning
- From now on, may it continue to fall—the white snow that, in my yard, presses down the silver grass.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
This poem likely depicts the moment when snow has just begun to fall.
Though snow is cold and often unwelcome, the first snowfall can bring a quiet sense of delight. The poet expresses a wish for it to continue, suggesting that even in hardship, there is a fleeting beauty that stirs the heart.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Other
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- in the vast open sky the moonlight falls so pure— that the water below which held its shining image was the first of all to freeze
- as evening falls on my sleeves grow cold with the chill— in fair Yoshino upon the mountain slopes snow must be falling now
- the falling snow must be melting even as it falls— for from the mountain the sound of rushing waters grows ever louder now
- even in this stream crimson leaves are flowing down— from the deep mountains the water from melting snow must now have greatly swelled