みよしのの山の白雪踏み分けて
入りにし人のおとづれもせぬ
入りにし人のおとづれもせぬ
- Roma-ji
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Miyoshino no yama no shirayuki fumiwakete
irinishi hito no otozure mo senu - English Translation
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on fair Yoshino
through the mountain’s deep white snow
he made his way in—
yet from that man who entered
no word has come at all
- Meaning
- On Mount Yoshino, one who made his way through the deep snow has gone in—and from him no message has come.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
The poem speaks of a person who entered the mountains, parting the deeply fallen snow, and from whom no word has been received.
It leaves open many questions—why he went into the mountains, who he was, and what became of him—inviting the reader to imagine his fate in the silent, snow-covered landscape.
- Author
- Mibu no Tadamine
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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