雨降ると吹く松風は聞こゆれど
池の汀はまさらざりけり
池の汀はまさらざりけり
- Roma-ji
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Ame furu to fuku matsukaze wa kikoyuredo ike no migiwa wa masarazarikeri
- English Translation
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The wind in the pines
blows as if the rain were falling—
so it sounds to me,
yet at the edges of the pond
the water does not rise at all.
- Meaning
- The wind in the pines sounds as though rain were falling, yet the water at the edge of the pond does not rise at all.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 454
Headnote: "For a screen in the Engi reign"
The poet says that the wind in the pines blows with the sound of falling rain, yet the pond's water does not rise at all. The headnote shows it was written for a screen in Emperor Daigo's reign. Hearing the pine wind as rain and delighting that the pond nonetheless does not swell, he enjoys the gap between the sound he hears and the scene he sees. Where the preceding poem, 453, likened the pine wind to the voice of waves, this one likens it to the sound of rain, so two poems catch the same pine wind as different sounds of water.
The author, written as Tsurayuki, is Ki no Tsurayuki. The leading compiler of the Kokinshū, he wrote its kana preface and the Tosa Diary. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
First line, "ame furu to," means "as though rain were falling."
Second line, "fuku matsukaze wa," means "the wind blowing in the pines," continuing the pine wind of the preceding poem.
Third line, "kikoyuredo," means "though it is heard," with "do" a concessive particle.
Fourth line, "ike no migiwa wa," means "the edge of the pond."
Final line, "masarazarikeri," means "does not rise, I find," with "keri" expressing a sigh of realization. It conveys surprise at noticing that the pond does not rise despite the sound of rain.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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