梅の花それとも見えず久方の
あまぎる雪のなべて降れれば
あまぎる雪のなべて降れれば
- Roma-ji
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Ume no hana sore to mo miezu hisakata no
amagiru yuki no nabete furereba - English Translation
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plum blossoms or not
they cannot be told apart now—
from the distant sky
thick-clouding snow falls everywhere
covering all in equal white
- Meaning
- Whether they are plum blossoms or not cannot be told, for snow, clouding the sky, falls everywhere in a single white.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
The poem expresses that the white plum blossoms cannot be distinguished from the white of the falling snow. It is a scene that could only be seen in the brief transition from winter to spring.
There is also a theory that the poet is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a representative poet of the Man’yōshū.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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