名に立ちてふしみの里と言ふことは
紅葉を床に敷けばなりけり
紅葉を床に敷けばなりけり
- Roma-ji
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Na ni tachite Fushimi no sato to iu koto wa momiji o toko ni shikeba narikeri
- English Translation
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That it is renowned
as Fushimi, village where
one lies down to gaze—
this, I see, is because
autumn leaves are spread for beds
- Meaning
- The reason it is famed as Fushimi, the village of lying down to gaze, is that the autumn leaves are spread out there as a bed.
- Commentary
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Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1297
Headnote: "At a place called Fushimi."
The poet says that the village is famed as Fushimi because autumn leaves are spread there as a bed. Joining the name Fushimi with "fushimi," gazing while lying down, he sees the fallen leaves as bedding and plays on the origin of the place name.
According to the headnote, it was composed at a place called Fushimi.
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, "Na ni tachite," means "renowned."
The second line, "Fushimi no sato to," is a pivot word joining the place name Fushimi with "fushimi," gazing while lying down. Poem 1242 of Book Seventeen uses the same pivot word on Fushimi.
The third line, "iu koto wa," means "that it is called so."
The fourth line, "momiji o toko ni," means "autumn leaves as a bed," with "bed" an associated word with lying down.
The last line, "shikeba narikeri," means "is because they are spread, I see," with "narikeri" for realization.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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