さくら花散りかひくもれ老いらくの
来むといふなる道まがふがに
来むといふなる道まがふがに
- Roma-ji
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Sakurabana chirikai kumore oiraku no
komu to iu naru michi magau ga ni - English Translation
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cherry blossoms
scatter, whirl, and cloud the way—
so that the path
by which old age is said to come
may lose itself and stray
- Meaning
- Cherry blossoms, scatter and swirl, clouding the way—so that the path by which old age is said to come may lose its way.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Felicitations
A poem composed at a fortieth-year celebration for Fujiwara no Mototsune, held at the Kujō residence.
By wishing that the falling cherry blossoms might confuse the road by which old age arrives, the poem expresses the hope that the recipient’s vigor and prosperity will continue, keeping the approach of old age at bay.
- Author
- Ariwara no Yukihira
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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