何処にかこの頃花の咲かざらむ
所からこそ尋ねられけれ
所からこそ尋ねられけれ
- Roma-ji
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Izuko ni ka kono goro hana no sakazaramu tokoro kara koso tazunerarekere
- English Translation
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Where is there a place
in these days of spring at all
blossoms do not bloom?
It is by the place itself
we are moved to seek them out.
- Meaning
- Where is there any place these days that the blossoms do not bloom? It is by the character of the place that we find ourselves seeking them out.
- Commentary
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Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1037
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet says that these days there is no place where the blossoms do not bloom, yet it is by the character of the place that one is moved to seek them out. Now that blossoms bloom everywhere, it sings of the feeling that what draws people to make a special visit are the blossoms of famous or charming places. Where the three preceding poems sang of waiting for blossoms not yet open, this one sings of the time when they are all in bloom.
The fourth line of the main text reads "tokoro kara koso," which does not match "kokoro kara koso" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed.
First line, "izuko ni ka," means "where," with "ka" rhetorical, answering "mu" in the third line.
Second line, "kono goro hana no," means "these days, the blossoms."
Third line, "sakazaramu," means "would they not bloom? surely they do," using the same word as the first line of the preceding poem, 1036, "sakazaramu," here as a rhetorical question. The poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "tokoro kara koso," means "it is by the place," with the binding particle "koso" resolved by the perfective form "kere" in the final line.
Final line, "tazunerarekere," means "that one is moved to seek them," with "rare" the continuative of the spontaneous auxiliary "raru."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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