我がために思はぬ山の音にのみ
花さかりゆく春を恨みむ
花さかりゆく春を恨みむ
- Roma-ji
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Waga tame ni omowanu yama no oto ni nomi hana sakariyuku haru o uramimu
- English Translation
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For my sake, you say,
the unthought-of hills—of these
I hear only rumor;
as the flowers bloom you drift away,
and spring is what I'll blame
- Meaning
- That you would go into some unlooked-for mountains for my sake is only a rumor I hear; in this spring of flowers in full bloom, as you drift away from me, it is spring I shall resent.
- Commentary
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Book Two Spring Poems II 71
Headnote: "Reply."
To Fujiwara no Asatada, who in the preceding poem wondered whether to withdraw into the mountains because of her coldness, she retorts that such talk is mere rumor, and it is he who drifts away in this spring of full bloom who deserves resentment. Turning his talk of entering the mountains back on him, she answers that the cold one is rather he.
It forms an exchange with the preceding poem, 70.
There is no settled view as to whom "Shōni" refers. It is the name of a lady-in-waiting, apparently derived from the post of Junior Assistant Governor-General of Dazaifu held by her father or a relative.
The first line, "Waga tame ni," means "because of me," taking up the reproach of coldness in the preceding poem.
The second line, "omowanu yama no," takes up "omowanu yama" from the preceding poem, 70, unchanged.
In the third line, "oto" means rumor or report: "I only hear of it as rumor."
In the fourth line, "sakari" is a pivot word joining "sakari," full bloom, and "sakari," drifting away. It tells of the beloved drifting off in a spring of full bloom.
In the last line, "mu" expresses intention: "I shall resent the spring." Rather than blaming him directly, she voices her resentment by blaming spring.
- Author
- Shōni
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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