祝子が斎ふ社の紅葉葉も
標をば越えて散るといふものを
標をば越えて散るといふものを
- Roma-ji
-
Hafuriko ga iwau yashiro no momijiba mo shime oba koete chiru to iu mono o
- English Translation
-
Even autumn leaves
of the shrine the priests keep holy,
guarded with such care,
beyond the sacred rope, they say,
scatter out, and yet you...
- Meaning
- Even the autumn leaves of the shrine that the priests keep so carefully holy scatter beyond the sacred rope, they say, and yet...
- Commentary
-
Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1135
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet says that even the autumn leaves of a shrine the priests keep so carefully holy are said to scatter beyond the sacred rope. Bringing up autumn leaves that scatter past the rope marking the sacred precinct, the poem is taken to entrust a wish to cross a barrier, saying that even things strictly kept apart must sometimes cross their bounds.
First line, "hafuriko ga," means "the shrine priests."
Second line, "iwau yashiro no," means "of the shrine they keep holy, shunning all defilement."
Third line, "momijiba mo," means "even the autumn leaves."
Fourth line, "shime oba koete," means "crossing the sacred rope," with "oba" a strengthened form of "o."
Final line, "chiru to iu mono o," means "scatter, they say, and yet," with "mono o" expressing concession and a sigh.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
- Prev Poem
-
Ikade nao ajiro no hio ni koto towamu nani ni yorite ka ware o towanu to
- Next Poem
-
Ika nareba momiji ni mo mada akanaku ni aki hatenu to wa kyō o iuran