霞立つ春日の里の梅の花
山のあらしに散りこすなゆめ
山のあらしに散りこすなゆめ
- Roma-ji
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Kasumi tatsu kasuga no sato no ume no hana yama no arashi ni chirikosu na yume
- English Translation
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Where the haze rises,
in the village of Kasuga,
O blossoms of plum,
to the storm winds from the hills
never let yourselves fall
- Meaning
- O plum blossoms of Kasuga village where the haze rises, never let the storm winds from the mountains scatter you.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1437
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems on the plum by Ōtomo no Sukune Murakami"
Addressing the plum blossoms of Kasuga village, where the haze trails, the poet begs them never to be scattered by the storm winds blowing down from the mountains. His tenderness for the newly opened plum is packed into a strong prohibition.
The author, Ōtomo no Murakami, was a member of the Ōtomo clan and an official of the Nara period.
The first line, "where the haze rises," is a pillow word for "Kasuga."
The second line names the village at the foot of Mount Kasuga in Nara.
The third line is an address, and the poem pauses here. The first three lines are exactly the same as those of the next poem, 1438, so two members of the Ōtomo clan sing of the same Kasuga plum in succession.
The fourth line means "to the fierce winds blowing down from the mountains."
The final line joins the prohibitive "na" to the desiderative "kosu" and strengthens it with the adverb "yume," pleading "never scatter." The same final line also appears in 1560 and 1657 of this book.
- Author
- Ōtomo no Murakami
- Source
- Manyoshu
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Fufumeri to iishi ume ga e kesa furishi awayuki ni aite sakinuramu kamo
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Kasumi tatsu kasuga no sato no ume no hana hana ni towamu to waga omowanaku ni