おのづから来る人あらばもろともに
眺めまほしき山桜かな
眺めまほしき山桜かな
- Roma-ji
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Onozukara kuru hito araba morotomo ni nagamemahoshiki yamazakura kana
- English Translation
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If by chance someone
were to come to visit me,
then together we
would gaze upon them, I wish:
these blossoms of mountain cherry.
- Meaning
- If by chance someone should come to visit, these mountain cherries are so lovely I would wish to gaze at them together.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 99
Headnote: "When the blossoms at Sekain were at their height, sent to me by Toshitaka"
According to the headnote, this poem was sent to Saigyō by a man named Toshitaka when the blossoms at Sekain were in full bloom, and it forms an exchange with Saigyō's reply in the next poem. The mountain cherries are so beautiful that he would like to view them with anyone who might happen to call, a gentle invitation to Saigyō to come and see them.
The author is given as Toshitaka following the source; which person this is cannot be determined from the text. The first line onozukara is the same word as the first line of 92, and here that sense of by chance is turned toward hoping for a visitor.
First line, “onozukara”: by chance, perhaps.
Second line, “kuru hito araba”: if someone should come, a gentle invitation to the recipient.
Third line, “morotomo ni”: together.
Fourth line, “nagamemahoshiki”: mahoshi expresses desire, which I would wish to gaze at.
Fifth line, “yamazakura kana”: the exclamatory kana closes with admiration for the cherries he wishes to share.
- Author
- Toshitaka
- Source
- Sankashu
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