ふるさとは吉野の山し近ければ
ひと日もみ雪降らぬ日はなし
ひと日もみ雪降らぬ日はなし
- Roma-ji
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Furusato wa Yoshino no yama shi chikakereba
hitohi mo miyuki furanu hi wa nashi - English Translation
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my old dwelling lies
so near to Mount Yoshino—
not even a day
passes without falling snow
gracing it from the heavens
- Meaning
- My old dwelling lies near Mount Yoshino—there is not a single day without the falling of snow.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
“Furusato” here does not mean one’s birthplace, but rather a former residence or an old capital.
“Miyuki” is an honorific expression for snow.
If the “old dwelling” is understood as being near Mount Yoshino, such as a former imperial residence, the poem evokes the beauty of snow falling upon a place now fallen into quiet decline.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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