秋風は日に異に吹きぬ高円の
野辺の秋萩散らまく惜しも
野辺の秋萩散らまく惜しも
- Roma-ji
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Akikaze wa hi ni ke ni fukinu takamato no nobe no akihagi chiramaku oshi mo
- English Translation
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The autumn wind now
day by day blows ever more;
at Takamato
autumn clover of the fields,
how sad it is to see it fall!
- Meaning
- The autumn wind blows harder day by day—how sad that the autumn bush clover in the fields of Takamato must scatter.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2121
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem grieves that the bush clover in the fields of Takamato will be scattered by the autumn wind growing stronger day by day. The deepening of the season, as the autumn wind grows fiercer, signals that the time of falling is near. Whereas 1866 in the spring poems sang of the cherry of Takamato, this one sings of Takamato's bush clover, so spring and autumn flowers of the same place correspond.
The first line, "the autumn wind," marks the theme.
In the second line, "hi ni ke ni fukinu," "hi ni ke ni" means more and more each day and "nu" marks completion. The poem breaks here.
The third line, "of Takamato," names the district southeast of the Nara capital.
The fourth line, "the autumn bush clover of the fields," names the flower.
The last line, "chiramaku oshi mo," is the ending repeated in the group.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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