おしなべて雪の降れれば我が宿の
杉を尋ねて訪ふ人もなし
杉を尋ねて訪ふ人もなし
- Roma-ji
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Oshinabete yuki no furereba waga yado no sugi o tazunete tou hito mo nashi
- English Translation
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Over all alike
since the snow has fallen,
by my dwelling
seeking out the cedar,
no one comes to call
- Meaning
- Since snow has fallen over everything alike, no one seeks out the cedar by my house to come and call.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Winter Poems 489
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that since snow has fallen over everything, no one seeks out the cedar marking his house to come and call. With all covered in snow and even the landmark cedar indistinguishable, the poem conveys the loneliness of visits having ceased.
Drawing on the Kokin Wakashū poem "waga io wa Miwa no yamamoto koishiku wa toburaikimase sugi tateru kado," it takes the cedar as the landmark of a house. Like 468 in this book, it sings of the loneliness of winter without visitors.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Oshinabete," means "alike, all over."
The second line, "yuki no furereba," means "since the snow has fallen," with "re" the perfective form of the continuative auxiliary "ri."
The third line, "waga yado no," means "of my dwelling."
The fourth line, "sugi o tazunete," means "seeking out the cedar that marks it," drawing on the Kokin Wakashū poem of the cedar at Miwa.
The last line, "tou hito mo nashi," means "no one comes to call." It shares the conceit of "tou hito zo naki," which closes 468 in this book.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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