小倉山峰の紅葉葉心あらば
今ひとたびのみゆき待たなん
今ひとたびのみゆき待たなん
- Roma-ji
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Ogurayama mine no momijiba kokoro araba ima hitotabi no miyuki matanan
- English Translation
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On Mount Ogura,
autumn leaves upon the peak,
if you have a heart,
wait for one more royal visit,
for the emperor to come.
- Meaning
- Autumn leaves on the peak of Mount Ogura, if you have a heart, please wait without falling until the emperor comes on one more royal visit.
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1128
Headnote: "When Teiji-in went on an excursion to the Ōi River and said that it was a place worthy of an imperial visit, the poet said he would report this to the emperor"
The poet calls on the autumn leaves on the peak of Mount Ogura, if they have a heart, to wait without falling until the emperor comes on one more royal visit. The headnote shows that when Retired Emperor Uda went on an excursion to the Ōi River and said that it was a place worthy of the emperor's visit too, the poet said he would report this to Emperor Daigo, and composed this poem. Personifying the autumn leaves, it wishes that they keep their beauty until the emperor's visit follows that of the retired emperor.
It is also included in the Hyakunin Isshu as a poem of Lord Teishin, with the second line in the form "mine no momijiba."
The author, written as "the Koichijō Chancellor," is Fujiwara no Tadahira, son of the chancellor Fujiwara no Mototsune, who served as regent, chancellor, and Grand Minister. His posthumous name was Lord Teishin, and he was called the Koichijō Chancellor because he lived in the Koichijō residence.
First line, "Ogurayama," is Mount Ogura, a place famed for autumn leaves by the Ōi River in Yamashiro province. It shares the same word with the first line of 1102 in this book, "Ogurayama."
Second line, "mine no momijiba," means "autumn leaves on the peak," an address to the autumn leaves.
Third line, "kokoro araba," means "if you have a heart," personifying the autumn leaves.
Fourth line, "ima hitotabi no," means "one more," referring to another visit, by the emperor, following the excursion of the retired emperor.
Final line, "miyuki matanan," means "please wait for the royal visit," with "miyuki" an outing of an emperor or retired emperor, here the emperor's visit, and "nan" a particle expressing a wish directed at another.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Tadahira
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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