山桜霞の衣厚く着て
この暮れだにも風包まなん
この暮れだにも風包まなん
- Roma-ji
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Yamazakura kasumi no koromo atsuku kite kono kure dani mo kaze tsutsumanan
- English Translation
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O mountain cherry,
put the robe of haze on thick,
wrap yourself in it,
if only for this evening,
shelter yourself from the wind.
- Meaning
- O mountain cherry, put on your robe of haze, thickly layered, and wrap yourself against the wind, if only for this evening.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 80
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When composing many poems on cherry blossoms"
Addressing the mountain cherry, the poet urges it to put on the haze like a thick robe and to wrap itself against the blossom-scattering wind, if only for this one evening.
The charm lies in seeing the haze around the cherry as a robe the tree wears. Fear of the wind that scatters the flowers and the wish to look at them a little longer are expressed as an appeal to the cherry itself.
First line, “yamazakura”: an address to the mountain cherry.
Second line, “kasumi no koromo”: a robe of haze, likening the haze that wraps the cherry to clothing.
Third line, “atsuku kite”: wearing the robe of haze in thick layers.
Fourth line, “kono kure dani mo”: dani means at least, if only this evening, a minimal wish.
Fifth line, “kaze tsutsumanan”: nan expresses a wish addressed to another, please wrap yourself against the wind, closing the poem.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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