手に取れば袖さへにほふをみなへし
この白露に散らまく惜しも
この白露に散らまく惜しも
- Roma-ji
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Te ni toreba sode sae niou ominaeshi kono shiratsuyu ni chiramaku oshi mo
- English Translation
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When I take it up,
even my sleeves catch its glow—
maiden-flower here,
by this silver dew, alas,
sad to see it fall away!
- Meaning
- The maidenflower, so lovely that even my sleeves glow when I take it in hand—how sad that it will scatter in this white dew!
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2115
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem grieves that the maidenflower, so lovely that even the sleeves glow when it is taken in hand, will be scattered by the white dew. The maidenflower appears within the bush clover group, showing the variety of autumn flowers. Like 2094 and others it ends with "chiramaku oshi mo," repeating the heart that grieves for falling autumn flowers.
The first line, "when I take it in hand," names the act.
In the second line, "sode sae niou," "sae" expresses addition and "niou" means to glow with color: even the sleeves glow.
The third line, "ominaeshi," is the maidenflower, one of the seven flowers of autumn, bearing small yellow blossoms.
The fourth line, "in this white dew," names the cause of falling.
The last line, "chiramaku oshi mo," how sad that it will fall, is the ending repeated in the group.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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