あしひきの山下水に濡れにけり
その火まづたけ衣あぶらん
その火まづたけ衣あぶらん
- Roma-ji
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Ashihiki no yamashitamizu ni nurenikeri sono hi mazu take koromo aburan
- English Translation
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In the hidden stream
flowing at the mountain's foot
I have gotten soaked;
first build up that fire for me,
and I'll dry my robe by it.
- Meaning
- I have gotten soaked in the stream flowing at the mountain's foot; first build up that fire, and I will dry my robe over it.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Names of Things 396
Headnote: "Matsutake (pine mushroom)"
Soaked in the stream flowing at the mountain's foot, the poet bids someone first build up the fire so he can dry his robe over it. Singing of the simple need of one drenched on a mountain path, the poem hides the name of the pine mushroom given in the headnote in the run of sounds "sono hi mazu take" in the fourth line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Sukemi, is Fujiwara no Sukemi. A son of Fujiwara no Hirotsune, he was a mid-Heian poet known as Tōroku. He excelled at poems hiding the names of things, and his personal collection is the Tōrokushū.
First line, "ashihiki no," is a pillow word for mountains.
Second line, "yamashitamizu ni," means "in the water flowing at the mountain's foot or in the shade of trees."
Third line, "nurenikeri," means "I have gotten wet," and the poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "sono hi mazu take," means "first build up that fire," hiding the name "matsutake" in "mazu take." The next poem, 397, is on the same topic, so two poems on the pine mushroom stand together.
Final line, "koromo aburan," means "I will dry my robe over it," with "ran" expressing intention.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Sukemi
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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