花の色は雪にまじりて見えずとも
香をだににほえ人のしるべく
香をだににほえ人のしるべく
- Roma-ji
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Hana no iro wa yuki ni majirite miezu tomo
ka o dani nioe hito no shirubeku - English Translation
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though the hue of flowers
blends with snow and cannot be seen
still let their fragrance
drift and softly make them known
so that people may perceive
- Meaning
- Though the color of the blossoms is lost, mingled with the snow, at least let their fragrance drift forth, so that people may know them.
- Commentary
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Book Six Winter Poems
This poem was composed on seeing snow piled upon plum blossoms.
Because the white of the blossoms and the white of the falling snow are the same, they cannot easily be distinguished; yet the poet expresses, with slight exaggeration, the excellence of the blossoms’ fragrance, which can still make them known.
- Author
- Ono no Takamura
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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