朝露ににほひそめたる秋山に
しぐれな降りそありわたるがね
しぐれな降りそありわたるがね
- Roma-ji
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Asatsuyu ni nioisometaru akiyama ni shigure na furi so ariwataru gane
- English Translation
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In the morning dew
glowing with first hint of hue
the autumn mountains—
showers, do not fall on them,
so they may last on and on.
- Meaning
- O showers, do not fall on the autumn mountain just beginning to glow with color in the morning dew—let it stay this way.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2179
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem asks the autumn showers not to fall on the autumn mountain just beginning to glow with color in the morning dew, so the leaves may remain. Like the preceding poem it uses "nioisome" for leaves beginning to turn; whereas that poem grieved at their falling, this one prays they not be scattered. The two come from the Hitomaro Collection, singing as a pair of the heart that cherishes leaves just beginning to turn.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet of the Asuka period, active under Empress Jitō and Emperor Monmu. The left note records that this poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection, and it is uncertain whether it is Hitomaro's own work or a poem by someone else that he recorded.
The first line, "in the morning dew," names the cause of coloring.
The second line, "just beginning to glow," uses the same word as the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The third line, "on the autumn mountain," names the place.
The fourth line, "shigure na furi so," uses "na ... so" for prohibition: showers, do not fall. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "ariwataru gane," "ariwataru" means to continue as it is and "gane" is a particle of purpose: so that it may last.
- Author
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
- Source
- Manyoshu
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