この花の一節のうちに百種の
言ぞ隠れるおほろかにすな
言ぞ隠れるおほろかにすな
- Roma-ji
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Kono hana no hitoyo no uchi ni momokusa no koto zo komoreru ōroka ni su na
- English Translation
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Within these blossoms,
in a single spray of them,
a hundred kinds of
words lie hidden deep inside:
do not treat them lightly
- Meaning
- Within a single spray of these blossoms lie a hundred kinds of words; do not treat it lightly.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Spring Love Poems 1456
Headnote: "A poem sent by Fujiwara no Ason Hirotsugu to a maiden with cherry blossoms"
Sent to a young woman with a spray of cherry blossoms, the poem pleads that she not treat it lightly, for more feeling than words can say is contained in it. The conceit is to convey love through flowers in place of words. The next poem is the maiden's reply.
The author, Fujiwara no Hirotsugu, was a son of Fujiwara no Umakai. In Tenpyō 12 (740) he raised a rebellion at Dazaifu and was killed.
The first line points to the cherry blossoms he sent.
The second line means "within a single spray of flowers." The next poem, 1457, replies with the same first and second lines, so the two poems of the exchange face each other with the same words.
The third line means "many kinds," showing how much feeling is contained.
The fourth line forms a kakari-musubi between "zo" and "ru," the attributive of the continuative "ri," stressing that words lie hidden. The poem pauses here.
The final line, with the prohibitive "na," urges her not to treat it carelessly.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Hirotsugu
- Source
- Manyoshu
- Prev Poem
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Tamakiharu inochi ni mukai koimu yu wa kimi ga mifune no kajikara ni mo ga
- Next Poem
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Kono hana no hitoyo no uchi wa momokusa no koto machikanete oraekerazu ya