萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの
鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
- Roma-ji
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Hagi no hana sakitaru nobe ni higurashi no naku naru nae ni aki no kaze fuku
- English Translation
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Where the bush clover
blooms upon the open fields,
the evening cicada
sings, and even as it sings
the autumn wind is blowing.
- Meaning
- In the fields where the bush clover blooms, the autumn wind blows as the evening cicadas sing.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2231
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Wind"
This poem sings of the autumn wind blowing in fields where bush clover blooms, together with the voice of the higurashi cicada. Bush clover, the cicada's voice, and the autumn wind—three emblems—overlap, depicting an early autumn field through sight, sound, and touch. Like 2134, it uses "nae ni" to catch sound and the wind's motion at once.
The first line, "the bush clover blossoms," names the flowers.
The second line, "in the fields where they bloom," names the place.
The third line, "the higurashi," names the insect.
In the fourth line, "naku naru nae ni," "naru" marks hearsay and "nae ni" means along with.
The last line, "the autumn wind blows," closes with the layering of three emblems.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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