あらたまの年のをはりになるごとに
雪もわが身もふりまさりつつ
雪もわが身もふりまさりつつ
- Roma-ji
-
Aratama no toshi no owari ni naru goto ni
yuki mo waga mi mo furimasaritsutsu - English Translation
-
as the passing year
draws each time to its close again
the snow falls ever more—
and so too does my own self
grow older with each passing year
- Meaning
- Each time the year comes to its end, the snow falls ever more—and I myself, too, grow older.
- Commentary
-
Book Six Winter Poems
This poem was composed at the end of the year.
It plays on the words “to fall” (furu, for snow) and “to grow old” (furu). As the year draws to a close, the cold deepens and the snow falls more heavily, while with each passing year the poet too ages; both are expressed together in a single poem.
- Author
- Ariwara no Motokata
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
- Prev Poem
-
Waga matanu toshi wa kinuredo fuyugusa no
karenishi hito wa otozure mo sezu - Next Poem
-
Yuki furite toshi no kurenuru toki ni koso
tsui ni momijinu matsu mo miekere