桜狩り雨は降り来ぬ同じくは
濡るとも花の陰に隠れむ
濡るとも花の陰に隠れむ
- Roma-ji
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Sakuragari ame wa furikinu onajiku wa nuru tomo hana no kage ni kakuremu
- English Translation
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Seeking cherry flowers,
the rain has come falling down;
if it's all the same,
though I may get wet, I'll shelter
in the shade of the blossoms.
- Meaning
- Out seeking cherry blossoms, I have been caught by the rain; if I must get wet anyway, let me take shelter beneath the flowers.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 50
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Rain has begun to fall in the middle of a cherry-blossom outing, but if one is going to get wet anyway, the poet decides, one may as well take shelter beneath the flowers. A refined heart shows in using shelter from the rain as a pretext to stay near the blossoms.
First line, "sakuragari," refers to wandering the hills and fields in search of cherry blossoms.
Second line, "ame wa furikinu," means "the rain has come falling," and the poem pauses after the second line.
Third line, "onajiku wa," means "if it is all the same."
Fourth line, "nuru tomo hana no," means "even if I get wet," running on in mid-line to "hana no."
Final line, "kage ni kakuremu," expresses the intention to shelter in the shade of the flowers.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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