冬ごもり思ひかけぬをこのまより
花と見るまで雪ぞ降りける
花と見るまで雪ぞ降りける
- Roma-ji
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Fuyugomori omoikakenu o ko no ma yori
hana to miru made yuki zo furikeru - English Translation
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in winter’s seclusion
never had I thought such a sight—
through these trees before me
as though they were blossoms
snow falls down in full display
- Meaning
- In the time of winter seclusion, I never expected it—yet through the trees before me, snow falls as though it were blossoms.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
This poem was composed upon seeing snow settled on trees.
Winter seclusion is a time when plants seem to cease their growth, and yet what appears as blossoms falling—something that should not be—turns out to be snow. The poem likens snow to flowers, expressing the beauty of white snow falling against the dark backdrop of winter.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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