風渡る軒端の梅に鶯の
鳴きて木づたふ春の曙
鳴きて木づたふ春の曙
- Roma-ji
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Kaze wataru nokiba no ume ni uguisu no nakite kozutau haru no akebono
- English Translation
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Where the wind passes
through the plum beside the eaves
the warbler sings
and flits from branch to branch
in the dawn of spring
- Meaning
- In the plum by the eaves, where the wind blows through, the warbler sings and flits from branch to branch in the spring dawn.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems I 29
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
At dawn in spring, in the plum tree by the eaves where the wind passes, the warbler sings as it flits from branch to branch. Layering wind, plum, warbler and dawn, the poem draws a fresh spring morning scene viewed from the familiar spot beneath the eaves.
The author, "Provisional Major Counselor Saneie," is Fujiwara no Saneie, son of Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Kinyoshi, who rose to Provisional Major Counselor. He was the younger brother of Tokudaiji Sanesada.
First line, "kaze wataru": "the wind passing through," suggesting a wind that carries the plum's scent.
Second line, "nokiba no ume ni": "nokiba" is the edge of the eaves. "Nokiba no ume" also appears in 24 of this book.
Third line, "uguisu no": the subject of "nakite kozutau" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "nakite kozutau": "singing as it moves from branch to branch," the same "kozutau" as in the preceding poem, 28.
Fifth line, "haru no akebono": ends on a noun, the same last line as the preceding poem, 28. The two treat the warbler's song differently, the former joining it with fragrance, this one with the wind.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Saneie
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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