雁がねの寒く鳴きしゆ春日なる
御笠の山は色づきにけり
御笠の山は色づきにけり
- Roma-ji
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Karigane no samuku nakishi yu kasuga naru mikasa no yama wa irozukinikeri
- English Translation
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Ever since the geese
cried so coldly overhead,
at Kasuga there,
the mountain of Mikasa
has turned color, as I see.
- Meaning
- Ever since the wild geese cried so coldly, Mount Mikasa in Kasuga has turned color.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2212
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem sings of Mount Mikasa in Kasuga turning color since the geese cried so coldly. It has the same upper lines as 2208; whereas that poem sang of kudzu leaves on the hill turning, this one sings of Mount Mikasa, changing the scene that follows the same geese's cry. Mount Mikasa, sung as a mountain of blossoms in 1861, is here sung in autumn as a mountain of colored leaves.
The first line, "of the wild geese," is the same opening as 2208.
The second line, "since they cried coldly," is the same as in 2208.
The third line, "in Kasuga," names the district.
The fourth line, "Mount Mikasa," names the mountain in Kasuga.
In the last line, "irozukinikeri," "keri" expresses realization.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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