みよしのの山の白雪つもるらし
ふるさと寒くなりまさりけり
ふるさと寒くなりまさりけり
- Roma-ji
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Miyoshino no yama no shirayuki tsumorurashi
furusato samuku narimasarikeri - English Translation
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on fair Yoshino
the mountain snow must be piled—
for in the old capital
the cold grows ever deeper
more than it was before
- Meaning
- On Mount Yoshino the snow must be piling up—for even here in the old capital the cold has grown ever more severe.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
This poem was composed while staying in the capital of Nara.
Since even in the capital the cold has deepened so greatly, the poet imagines that in the mountains snow must be falling and accumulating. The poem expresses a simple and direct feeling, faithfully reflecting the poet’s immediate experience.
Here, “furusato” refers to the ancient capital of Nara.
- Author
- Sakanoue no Koreyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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