心してまれに吹きつる秋風を
山おろしにはなさじとぞ思ふ
山おろしにはなさじとぞ思ふ
- Roma-ji
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Kokoro shite mare ni fukitsuru akikaze o yamaoroshi ni wa nasaji to zo omou
- English Translation
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With all due care,
this autumn wind that seldom blows
upon me here—
into a mountain gale, I think,
I never will let it turn
- Meaning
- This autumn wind that has blown so rarely and with such care—I mean never to let it become a fierce gale sweeping down from the mountains.
- Commentary
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Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems II 1138
Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that she means never to let the autumn wind, blown so rarely and with such care, turn into a mountain gale. Taking up the first autumn wind of the preceding poem, she answers that the rare breeze of a fan bestowed by the emperor must be treated with care and never blown as roughly as a mountain gale.
It is Taifu's reply to Shōni no Menoto's poem before it.
The poet, Taifu, was a lady-in-waiting and poet of the time of the Gosenshu, said to be a daughter of Minamoto no Tasuku.
The first line, "Kokoro shite," means "with care."
The second line, "mare ni fukitsuru," means "that has blown so rarely," signifying a rare gift from the emperor.
The third line, "akikaze o," means "the autumn wind," taking up "hatsuakikaze wa" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The fourth line, "yamaoroshi ni wa," means "into a mountain gale," bringing in the mountain in answer to the lofty source, "nedokoro takaku," of the preceding poem.
The last line, "nasaji to zo omou," means "I think I will not let it become," with "ji" negative intention and "zo" an emphatic binding particle closed by the attributive "omou."
- Author
- Taifu
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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Fukiizuru nedokoro takaku kikoyu nari hatsuakikaze wa iza te narasaji
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Hakanakute taenamu kumo no ito yue ni nani ni ka ōku kakamu to zo omou