事しげき世を逃れにし深山辺に
嵐の風も心して吹け
嵐の風も心して吹け
- Roma-ji
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Koto shigeki yo o nogarenishi miyamabe ni arashi no kaze mo kokoro shite fuke
- English Translation
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Fleeing a world so
thick with troubles I have come
to the mountain depths—
you, too, O wind of the storm,
blow with some care for me here.
- Meaning
- To the deep mountains where I have fled a world thick with troubles—you too, wind of the storm, blow gently, with some thought for me.
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1625
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
This is the fifth poem of the sequence on wind blowing about a mountain dwelling. The poet, who has fled a troubled world to the deep mountains, asks that even the storm wind blow with care. The headnote gives the topic as unknown and records nothing of the circumstances.
The author, "Jakuzen Hōshi," was named Fujiwara no Yorinari in lay life. He lived at Ōhara with his elder brothers Jakuchō and Jakunen, the three being called the Three Jaku of Ōhara. He was a close friend of Saigyō.
The first line, "koto shigeki," means "thick with troubles."
The second line, "yo o nogarenishi," means "having fled the world." The perfective "ni" and the past "shi" show that he has already abandoned the world.
The third line, "miyamabe ni," means "in the deep mountains."
The fourth line, "arashi no kaze mo," means "even the wind of the storm." With "mo," it shows that one who has escaped the world's troubles has no need for the noise of the wind either.
The last line, "kokoro shite fuke," is an imperative, "blow with care." The sequence closes by addressing the storm. Where in the preceding poem the poet grew used to the storm and could dream, here he asks the storm itself to be still.
- Author
- Jakuzen
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
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