浮雲のいさよふ宵の村雨に
追風しるく匂ふ橘
追風しるく匂ふ橘
- Roma-ji
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Ukigumo no isayou yoi no murasame ni oikaze shiruku niou tachibana
- English Translation
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In the evening shower
where the drifting clouds now pause
upon the sky,
borne clearly on the wind behind,
the orange blossoms' scent
- Meaning
- In the evening shower beneath drifting, lingering clouds, the orange blossoms send their scent unmistakably on the following wind.
- Commentary
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Book Three Summer Poems 173
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
On an evening of drifting clouds and passing showers, the scent of orange blossoms comes clearly on the wind. Catching the fragrance, sharpened by the rain-damp air, as the work of an unseen following wind, the poem conveys the mood of a summer evening.
The author, "Fujiwara no Iemoto," is a figure whose life is not well known.
First line, "ukigumo no": "of the drifting clouds."
Second line, "isayou yoi no": "isayou" means to hesitate or hover without moving on.
Third line, "murasame ni": "in a passing shower." "Murasame no sora" in 167 of this book also depicts evening showers.
Fourth line, "oikaze shiruku": "oikaze" is a wind blowing from behind, and "shiruku" means "clearly."
Fifth line, "niou tachibana": ends on a noun, the fragrant orange blossoms. Where the two preceding poems joined the scent with sleeves, this one catches it on the evening wind.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Iemoto
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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