春風のけさはやければ鶯の
花の衣もほころびにけり
花の衣もほころびにけり
- Roma-ji
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Harukaze no kesa hayakereba uguisu no hana no koromo mo hokorobinikeri
- English Translation
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Since the wind of spring
blows so fiercely this morning,
the warbler's
robe of blossoms, too,
has come unstitched and opened.
- Meaning
- Because the spring wind blows so hard this morning, the warbler's robe of blossoms too has come apart at the seams.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Names of Things 414
Headnote: "Sawayake (sawayake)"
The poet says that because the spring wind blows so hard this morning, the robe of blossoms the warbler wears has come apart at the seams. Likening the blossoms to the warbler's robe and overlaying "hokorobu" as coming unstitched and as flowers opening, the poem hides the name "sawayake" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "kesa hayakereba" in the second line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
First line, "harukaze no," means "the spring wind."
Second line, "kesa hayakereba," means "since it is fierce this morning," the perfective form with "ba" expressing a reason. It hides the name "sawayake."
Third line, "uguisu no," means "of the warbler." Since the nest-building warbler of 354 at the head of the book, the warbler has been sung of again and again in this book.
Fourth line, "hana no koromo mo," likens the blossoms to the warbler's robe.
Final line, "hokorobinikeri," means "has come undone," playing on the coming apart of a robe's seams and the opening of flower buds.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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