住の江の松を秋風吹くからに
声うちそふる沖つ白浪
声うちそふる沖つ白浪
- Roma-ji
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Suminoe no matsu o akikaze fuku kara ni koe uchisouru okitsu shiranami
- English Translation
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At Suminoe,
the pines, as soon as autumn's wind
blows among them,
add their voice to the voices
of the white waves of the offing.
- Meaning
- As soon as the autumn wind blows through the pines of Suminoe, the white waves of the offing add their voice to it.
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1112
Headnote: "For a screen at the house of Sadakuni, Major Captain of the Right"
The poet says that as soon as the autumn wind blows through the pines of Suminoe, the white waves of the offing add their voices to the sound. The headnote shows it was written for a screen in the house of Fujiwara no Sadakuni, Major Captain of the Right. It portrays through sound the scene at Suminoe, where the wind in the pines and the sound of the waves answer each other.
It is also included among the celebration poems of the Kokinshū as a screen poem for the fortieth birthday of Fujiwara no Sadakuni.
The author, written as "Mitsune," is Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, one of the compilers of the Kokinshū, who is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
First line, "Suminoe no," means "of Suminoe," a famous place in Settsu province known for its pines.
Second line, "matsu o akikaze," means "the autumn wind through the pines."
Third line, "fuku kara ni," means "as soon as it blows," with "kara ni" meaning "no sooner than."
Fourth line, "koe uchisouru," means "add their voice," referring to the sound of the waves joining the sound of the wind in the pines.
Final line, "okitsu shiranami," means "the white waves of the offing," with "tsu" an old case particle meaning "of," the poem closing on a noun.
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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