吹く風に散らずもあらなむ梅の花
我が狩衣一夜宿さむ
我が狩衣一夜宿さむ
- Roma-ji
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Fuku kaze ni chirazu mo aranamu ume no hana waga karigoromo hitoyo yadosamu
- English Translation
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To the blowing wind
I pray you do not scatter,
O blossoms of plum,
for my hunting robe and I
will lodge with you this one night
- Meaning
- Plum blossoms, do not scatter in the blowing wind, I pray, for I shall let my hunting robe lodge here with you for this one night.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems I 25
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown."
The poet calls on the plum blossoms not to scatter in the wind and resolves to spend a night beneath them, still in hunting dress. Drawn by the beauty of a plum met along the way, he expresses his reluctance to leave.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "To the blowing wind," presents the wind that scatters blossoms.
In the second line, "namu" expresses a wish addressed to another: "I pray you do not scatter."
The third line, "O blossoms of plum," is an address, and the poem pauses here. Whereas the preceding poem, 24, would break off every blossom, this one wishes they would not scatter, a contrasting attitude toward the plum.
The fourth line, "my hunting robe," names the garment worn for hunting or travel, suggesting the poet is on a journey.
In the last line, "yadosu" means to give lodging or to keep in a place, so the poet will leave his hunting robe beneath the blossoms for a night, that is, sleep under the plum.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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