もろ人の願ひをみつの浜風に
心涼しき四手の音かな
心涼しき四手の音かな
- Roma-ji
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Morobito no negai o Mitsu no hamakaze ni kokoro suzushiki shide no oto kana
- English Translation
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The prayers of all
are fulfilled, as at Mitsu
the breeze off the shore
freshens the heart with the sound
of the sacred streamers stirring.
- Meaning
- In the breeze from the shore at Mitsu, where the prayers of all are fulfilled, how cool and fresh to the heart is the sound of the sacred streamers.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Poems on the Gods 1904
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the topic of personal grievances."
This is the fourth poem in the sequence on the Hiyoshi Shrine. In the shore breeze at Mitsu, where the prayers of all are fulfilled, the sound of the sacred streamers falls cool and fresh on the heart. Like the preceding poem, it takes personal grievances as its topic. Turning from the tearful heart of the preceding poem, it expresses the peace of knowing the god grants people's prayers.
No author is named in the original, and the poem is treated as continuing from the author of the preceding poem, Jien.
The shore of Mitsu lies on Lake Biwa at Sakamoto in Ōmi Province, where the Hiyoshi Shrine stands.
The first line in the main text reads "morobito no," which does not match "morotomo no" in the reading line. The main text is followed here.
The first line, "morobito no," means "of all the people."
In the second line, "negai o Mitsu no," "mitsu" is a pivot word joining "mitsu," prayers "fulfilled," and the place name Mitsu.
The third line, "hamakaze ni," means "in the wind blowing over the shore of Mitsu."
The fourth line, "kokoro suzushiki," means "refreshing to the heart," overlaying the coolness of the shore breeze with the peace of fulfilled prayer.
The last line, "shide no oto kana," means "the sound of the streamers in the wind," closing with the exclamatory "kana." Against the downcast heart of "namida ayashiki" in the preceding poem, this poem tells of a heart cool and clear, so that the two poems on grievances form a pair of dark and light. It resembles "yūshide no kaze ni midaruru oto saete" in poem 1890 of this book, both telling of streamers sounding in the wind.
- Author
- Jien
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Oshinabete Hiyoshi no kage wa kumoranu ni namida ayashiki kinō kyō kana
- Next Poem
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Samenureba omoiawasete ne o zo naku kokoro tsukushi no inishie no yume