天霧らし雪も降らぬかいちしろく
このいつ柴に降らまくを見む
このいつ柴に降らまくを見む
- Roma-ji
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Amagirashi yuki mo furanu ka ichishiroku kono itsushiba ni furamaku o mimu
- English Translation
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Clouding the heavens,
will the snow not come falling?
Clear and plain to see,
upon this thick brushwood here
I would watch it settling down
- Meaning
- Will snow not fall, clouding the heavens? I would watch it settle, clear and white, on this thick brushwood.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Winter Miscellaneous Poems 1643
Headnote: "A poem on snow by Wakasakurabe no Ason Kimitari"
The poet wishes that snow would fall, clouding the sky, so that he might watch it settle clearly on this thick brushwood. His longing for a snowy scene is expressed in a simple wish.
The author, Wakasakurabe no Kimitari, is a person about whom little is known.
The first line means "clouding the sky."
The second line wishes that snow would fall, and the poem pauses here. It is the same second line as in 1642 before it; whereas that poem wished for snow in place of plum blossoms, this one wishes to see the snow itself.
The third line means "clearly, conspicuously."
The fourth line means "on this thick brushwood."
The final line means "I would watch it fall," closing with the volitional "mu."
- Author
- Wakasakurabe no Kimitari
- Source
- Manyoshu
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