脇息をおさへてまさへ万代に
花の盛りを心静かに
花の盛りを心静かに
- Roma-ji
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Kyōsoku o osaete masae yorozuyo ni hana no sakari o kokoro shizuka ni
- English Translation
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With this armrest, lean
your arm and take your ease,
through ten thousand years
the full flowering of blossoms
with a quiet heart
- Meaning
- Rest your arm upon this armrest and stay at ease, and through ten thousand years enjoy the full bloom of flowers with a tranquil heart.
- Commentary
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Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1377
Headnote: "Added when sending an armrest as a gift to the house of the Minister of the Left."
The poet asks the recipient to rest on the armrest and enjoy the height of the blossoms with a quiet heart for ten thousand years. Sending an armrest to the house of the Minister of the Left, he seems to wish that, relaxing upon it, the family might savor the peak of its glory in peace forever, celebrating its prosperity and long life.
According to the headnote, it accompanied an armrest sent as a gift to the house of the Minister of the Left.
The poet, Ninkyō, given in the text as "Bishop Ninkyō," was a monk of the rank of bishop, though little is known of his life.
The first line, "Kyōsoku o," means "this armrest," the gift of the headnote.
The second line, "osaete masae," seems to mean "rest your arm on it and stay," with "masu" honorific.
The third line, "yorozuyo ni," means "through ten thousand ages."
The fourth line, "hana no sakari o," means "the full bloom of the flowers," overlaid with the height of the family's glory.
The last line, "kokoro shizuka ni," means "with a quiet heart," leaving unsaid a phrase such as "please behold."
- Author
- Ninkyō
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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