池水に影さへ見えて咲きにほふ
馬酔木の花を袖に扱入れな
馬酔木の花を袖に扱入れな
- Roma-ji
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Ikemizu ni kage sae miete sakiniou ashibi no hana o sode ni kokirena
- English Translation
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In the pond water
even their reflections show,
blooming bright and fair,
the ashibi's flowers, I'll
strip them into my sleeves
- Meaning
- The ashibi flowers bloom so brightly that even their reflections show in the pond; let me strip them off and gather them into my sleeves.
- Commentary
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Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4512
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems composed on seeing the garden."
The ashibi blooms so brightly that even its reflection shows in the pond; let me strip the flowers into my sleeves: a poem delighting in the garden's blossoms. The left note attributes it to Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Middle Controller of the Right. Taking up the ashibi of the preceding poem and adding the reflection in the pond, it praises a beauty he would gather into his sleeves to take home.
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, son of Ōtomo no Tabito, was at this time Middle Controller of the Right.
The first line, "ikemizu ni," means "in the water of the garden pond."
The second line, "kage sae miete," "even their reflections showing," uses sae, "even."
The third line, "sakiniou," means "blooming in radiant color."
The fourth line, "ashibi no hana o," takes up "ashibi no hana mo," the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The closing line, "sode ni kokirena," uses kokiiru, "to strip off and put in," with na of intention: let me gather them into my sleeves.
- Author
- Otomo no Yakamochi
- Source
- Manyoshu
- Prev Poem
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Oshi no sumu kimi ga kono shima kyō mireba ashibi no hana mo sakinikeru kamo
- Next Poem
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Isokage no miyuru ikemizu teru made ni sakeru ashibi no chiramaku oshi mo