朝ぼらけ有明の月と見るまでに
吉野のさとに降れる白雪
吉野のさとに降れる白雪
- Roma-ji
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Asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni
Yoshino no sato ni fureru shirayuki - English Translation
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at break of morning
as though it were the lingering moon
of the dawn-lit sky—
in Yoshino village falls
a deep white snow all around
- Meaning
- At daybreak, it seems like the lingering moon of dawn—the white snow falling in Yoshino village shines so brightly.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
This poem was composed when the poet had gone down to Yamato Province (present-day Nara) and saw falling snow.
“The lingering moon” refers to the moon that remains in the sky at dawn; the poem expresses the beauty of the scene, where the brightness of the snow is mistaken for that moonlight.
This poem is also included in the Hyakunin Isshu.
- Author
- Sakanoue no Koreyuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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