さらぬだに心細きを山里の
鐘さへ秋の暮れを告ぐなり
鐘さへ秋の暮れを告ぐなり
- Roma-ji
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Saranu dani kokorobosoki o yamazato no kane sae aki no kure o tsugu nari
- English Translation
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Even were it not so,
forlorn enough, and yet
in the mountain village
even the bell, I hear, proclaims
the close of autumn's days
- Meaning
- Forlorn enough as it is, and yet in the mountain village even the temple bell, I hear, proclaims the end of autumn.
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems II 382
Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'Autumn's End at a Mountain Temple'"
Composed on the topic "Autumn's End at a Mountain Temple." In a mountain village forlorn enough as it is, the poet says, even the temple bell rings out as if announcing the end of autumn. Over the evening bell that tells the close of the day, he hears it telling the close of the season of autumn as well.
The author, "Saki no Daisōjō Kakuchū," was the son of Regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi. He served as Tendai Abbot and rose to Archbishop.
311 of this book also opens with "saranu dani" on the loneliness of a mountain village, hearing the deer's voice. This poem hears the temple bell in place of the deer.
First line, "saranu dani": "even if it were not so," the same first line as 311 of this book.
Second line, "kokorobosoki o": "o" is concessive, "though it is forlorn."
Third line, "yamazato no": modifying "kane" in the fourth line and giving the topic's "mountain temple." Since 303, autumn in the mountain village has been sung again and again in this book.
Fourth line, "kane sae aki no": the additive "sae," "even the bell." Against the deer's voice in 311 of this book, this poem sings of the sound of the bell.
Fifth line, "kure o tsugu nari": "kure" overlays the close of the day with the close of autumn, and "nari" infers from sound, "I hear it announcing."
- Author
- Kakuchū
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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