吉野山花の盛りになりぬれば
立たぬ時なき峰の白雲
立たぬ時なき峰の白雲
- Roma-ji
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Yoshinoyama hana no sakari ni narinureba tatanu toki naki mine no shirakumo
- English Translation
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On Yoshino's peak,
now the blossoms have come
into their fullness,
there is never an hour without
white clouds rising on the heights
- Meaning
- Now that the blossoms on Mount Yoshino are at their height, there is never a moment when white clouds are not rising on its peaks.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems I 70
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as a poem on blossoms"
Like the preceding poem, this one was composed on "blossoms." When Mount Yoshino, famed for cherries, reaches full bloom, white clouds seem always to be rising on its peaks. The full-blooming cherries that cover Yoshino are likened to white clouds rising unceasingly on the heights.
The author, "Fujiwara no Tamenari (religious name Jakunen)," is Jakunen, son of Fujiwara no Tametada. His lay name was Fujiwara no Tamenari, and he took holy orders as Jakunen. With his brothers Jakuchō and Jakuzen he was known as one of the Three Jaku of Ōhara.
First line, "Yoshinoyama": Mount Yoshino in Yamato, famed for its cherries.
Second line, "hana no sakari ni": the same phrase as in the preceding poem, 69.
Third line, "narinureba": "nure" is the perfective of the completive "nu," and with "ba" it means "since it has become."
Fourth line, "tatanu toki naki": a double negative, "there is no time they do not rise," stressing that they are always rising.
Fifth line, "mine no shirakumo": ending on a noun, it likens the cherries to white clouds. It takes up "kakaru shirakumo" of the preceding poem, 69, and 74 in this book ends with the same "mine no shirakumo."
- Author
- Jakunen
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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