高松のこの峰も狭に笠立てて
満ち盛りたる秋の香のよさ
満ち盛りたる秋の香のよさ
- Roma-ji
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Takamatsu no kono mine mo se ni kasa tatete michisakaritaru aki no ka no yosa
- English Translation
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At Takamatsu,
crowding even this peak close,
hats all raised up high,
filling it at fullest height—
oh, the scent of autumn, sweet!
- Meaning
- On this peak of Takamatsu, so crowded they seem to lack room, mushrooms raise their caps in full profusion—how fine the fragrance of autumn!
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2233
Headnote: "On Fragrance"
This poem praises the fine autumn fragrance of mushrooms growing in profusion, caps spread across the whole peak of Takamatsu, and its headnote is "On Fragrance." Poems on mushrooms are rare even in the Man'yōshū, and the crowd of mushrooms filling the peak is vividly depicted as "raising their hats." In praising the fragrance of an autumn delicacy, it is a distinctive poem among the autumn miscellaneous poems.
The first line, "of Takamatsu," is thought to be Takamato.
In the second line, "kono mine mo se ni," "se ni" means so crowded as to lack room.
The third line, "raising their hats," likens the mushrooms' spreading caps to raised hats.
The fourth line, "in full abundance," is hypermetric.
The last line, "the fine fragrance of autumn," ends on a noun, closing in praise of the mushrooms' scent.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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