春日さす藤のうら葉のうらとけて
君し思はば我も頼まん
君し思はば我も頼まん
- Roma-ji
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Haruhi sasu fuji no uraba no uratokete kimi shi omowaba ware mo tanoman
- English Translation
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As the spring sun shines
on the wisteria's tip-leaves,
so my heart unfolds;
if it is true that you love me,
I too will place my trust in you
- Meaning
- As the spring sun opens the leaves at the tips of the wisteria, so my heart opens too—if you truly love me, I will put my trust in you.
- Commentary
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Book Three Spring Poems III 100
Headnote: "When a man sent her words to make her rely on him."
To a man who sent words to make her trust in their future, she replies that if he truly loves her with an open heart, she too will rely on him. Using the scene of wisteria leaves unfolding in the spring sun as a preface, she tests his feelings while keeping her caution.
According to the headnote, it was composed when a man sent her words meant to make her rely on him.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Haruhi sasu," means "where the spring sunlight shines."
In the second line, "uraba" are the leaves at the tips of the branches, and the lines up to here form a preface leading to the homophone "ura." Wisteria begins to appear in this book here, and poems on it are also placed at 120, 124 through 130, and 139.
In the third line, "ura" means the heart: "my heart unfolding." The young leaves opening in the spring sun are laid over a heart softening.
In the fourth line, "shi" is emphatic and "ba" conditional: "if you truly love me."
In the last line, "n" expresses intention, answering "tanome" in the headnote with the word "tanomu," to rely.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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