住の江の松を秋風吹くからに
こゑうちそふるおきつ白波
こゑうちそふるおきつ白波
- Roma-ji
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Suminoe no matsu o akikaze fuku kara ni
koe uchisouru oki tsu shiranami - English Translation
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through Suminoe pines
the autumn wind begins to blow—
and with added sound
the white waves off the open sea
rise and join their voices too
- Meaning
- As the autumn wind blows through the pines of Suminoe, the white waves offshore add their sound and resound together.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Felicitations
An autumn poem among those written on a screen painted with scenes of the four seasons, at the fortieth-year celebration banquet of Fujiwara no Sadakuni, composed by the Naishi-no-Kami.
The poem describes a landscape of pine trees growing along the shore and waves rising upon the sea. Though inspired by a painted screen, the added imagery of the autumn wind and the sound of the waves makes the reader imagine standing within the scene itself.
“Koe” here means not a voice but a sound, and “uchisofuru” means to add or accompany, with “uchi” serving as a prefix indicating the action.
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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