尽きもせず憂きことの葉の多かるを
早く嵐の風も吹かなむ
早く嵐の風も吹かなむ
- Roma-ji
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Tsuki mo sezu uki koto no ha no ōkaru o hayaku arashi no kaze mo fukanamu
- English Translation
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Never at an end,
the bitter leaves of words
grow ever thicker—
quickly now, O storm wind,
blow and scatter them away
- Meaning
- Bitter words, like leaves, grow thick without end—O storm wind, come quickly and blow them all away.
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems III 1211
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wishes that a storm wind would come quickly, since bitter words abound without end. Seeing hurtful words as the leaves in "koto no ha," leaves of words, the poet longs for a storm wind to blow them away.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," but it is treated here as anonymous.
The first line, "Tsuki mo sezu," means "never at an end."
The second line, "uki koto no ha no," means "bitter words," the "ha" of "koto no ha" seen as tree leaves.
The third line, "ōkaru o," means "since they are so many."
The fourth line, "hayaku arashi no," means "quickly, the storm," with "leaves" and "storm" associated words. Poem 1246 of this book also sees a person's heart as a storm.
The last line, "kaze mo fukanamu," means "would that the wind would blow," with "namu" a particle of request.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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