鶯の声ぞ霞に漏れて来る
人目乏しき春の山里
人目乏しき春の山里
- Roma-ji
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Uguisu no koe zo kasumi ni morete kuru hitome tomoshiki haru no yamazato
- English Translation
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The warbler's sweet voice
through the haze comes drifting down,
seeping softly through,
here where people seldom call,
in the village in the hills.
- Meaning
- The warbler's voice seeps through the haze to me, here in the spring mountain village where hardly anyone comes.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 25
Headnote: "The warbler in tranquil seclusion"
The topic is the warbler amid a quiet life. In a spring mountain village that few people ever visit, only the warbler's voice drifts out from beyond the haze.
The bird itself is hidden by the haze and only its voice reaches the poet, a touch that heightens the stillness of the village. Even in the loneliness of a place without human presence, the warbler's song brings word of spring.
First line, “uguisu no”: the warbler's, leading into koe in the second line.
Second line, “koe zo kasumi ni”: the emphatic particle zo forms a kakari-musubi with the attributive kuru in the third line.
Third line, “morete kuru”: comes seeping out from within the haze, with a break after the third line.
Fourth line, “hitome tomoshiki”: where people seldom come.
Fifth line, “haru no yamazato”: the poem closes on a noun, the quiet mountain village in spring.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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