我が宿の花橘に吹く風を
誰が里よりと誰ながむらん
誰が里よりと誰ながむらん
- Roma-ji
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Waga yado no hanatachibana ni fuku kaze o taga sato yori to tare nagamuran
- English Translation
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The wind that blows
through the orange blossoms
here at my house:
who gazes, thinking it comes
from whose distant village?
- Meaning
- The wind that blows through the orange blossoms at my house: who, I wonder, is gazing out lost in thought, asking from whose village that scent has come?
- Commentary
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Book Three Summer Poems 174
Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The wind blowing on the orange blossoms at the poet's house carries their scent far away, and he wonders who, somewhere, is lost in thought, asking from whose village the fragrance has come. Thinking of an unknown person who will receive the scent, the poem treats from the sender's side the tradition that the fragrance of orange blossoms makes people recall the past.
The author, "Controller of the Left Chikamune," is Taira no Chikamune, son of Taira no Tokinobu, Provisional Senior Assistant Minister of Military Affairs, and younger brother of Kenshunmon'in Taira no Shigeko and Taira no Tokiko. He rose through Controller of the Left to Middle Counselor.
First line, "waga yado no": "of my house."
Second line, "hanatachibana ni": "on the orange blossoms" blooming at the house.
Third line, "fuku kaze o": "the wind that blows," carrying the scent from the orange tree.
Fourth line, "taga sato yori to": "from whose village, they wonder," the thoughts of one who receives the scent.
Fifth line, "tare nagamuran": "nagamu" means to gaze lost in thought, and "ran" is present conjecture. Where the preceding poem, 173, received the scent on a following wind, this one speaks from the house that sends the fragrance out.
- Author
- Taira no Chikamune
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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