花も散り人も来ざらん折はまた
山の峡にてのどかなるべし
山の峡にてのどかなるべし
- Roma-ji
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Hana mo chiri hito mo kozaran ori wa mata yama no kai nite nodoka naru beshi
- English Translation
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When the blooms have fallen,
and no people come again,
then at that time, once more,
in the hollow of the hills
peaceful it will surely be.
- Meaning
- When the blossoms have fallen and people no longer come, then once again it will be peaceful here between the hills.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 88
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "At a time when I wished for quiet, people came to view the blossoms"
This poem belongs to the same occasion as the preceding one. Once the blossoms fall and visitors stop coming, the poet says, he will again be able to live quietly in his dwelling among the hills.
While accepting the bustle of the blossom season, he thinks of the calm that will return afterward. Where the preceding poem chided the cherry for drawing crowds, this one waits for the quiet days that come with the end of the blossoms, and the two poems contrast the noise of the season with the stillness that follows.
First line, “hana mo chiri”: the blossoms too having fallen.
Second line, “hito mo kozaran”: and people no longer coming, repeating mo in parallel with the first line.
Third line, “ori wa mata”: at that time, once more.
Fourth line, “yama no kai nite”: in the hollow between the hills, where the poet lives.
Fifth line, “nodoka naru beshi”: beshi is conjectural, it will be peaceful, closing the poem.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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