山科の石田の小野のははそ原
見つつか君が山道越ゆらむ
見つつか君が山道越ゆらむ
- Roma-ji
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Yamashina no iwata no ono no hahasohara mitsutsu ka kimi ga yamaji koyuramu
- English Translation
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In Yamashina
on the little moor of Iwata
the oak groves spread—
is it gazing on them, my love,
that you cross the mountain path?
- Meaning
- Are you crossing the mountain road right now, my love, gazing at the oak woods on the moor of Iwata in Yamashina?
- Commentary
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Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1730
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems by Lord Umakai"
The speaker imagines the one who has left crossing the mountains while gazing at the oak woods on the moor of Iwata in Yamashina. It is voiced from the side of the one who saw the traveler off.
This is the second of three poems by Lord Umakai. The moor of Iwata lies near Ishida in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, on the road from Yamato toward Ōmi. Its lower verse closely resembles that of 1666, and both imagine a traveler crossing the mountains.
The author, Fujiwara no Umakai, was the third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito and founder of the Shiki branch of the Fujiwara. He went to Tang China as vice-envoy and later served as governor of Hitachi and as military commissioner of the Saikaidō.
The first line, "in Yamashina," names the district.
The second line, "on the little moor of Iwata," uses o, "little," as a word of praise.
The third line, "the oak groves spread," refers to hahaso, oaks whose autumn leaves are lovely.
The fourth line, "is it gazing on them, my love," contains the question particle ka, forming a kakari-musubi with ramu.
The final line, "that you cross the mountain path?" is exactly the same as the last line of 1666.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Umakai
- Source
- Manyoshu
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