春風の花を散らすと見る夢は
覚めても胸の騒ぐなりけり
覚めても胸の騒ぐなりけり
- Roma-ji
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Harukaze no hana o chirasu to miru yume wa samete mo mune no sawagu narikeri
- English Translation
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In a dream I see
the spring breeze scatter the blooms,
and that dream, I find,
even once I am awake,
leaves my heart still in alarm.
- Meaning
- When I dream that the spring wind is scattering the blossoms, even after I wake my heart is still pounding.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 139
Headnote: "When people composed poems on the topic “Falling blossoms in a dream” at the residence of the Priestess at Sekain"
According to the headnote, this poem was composed when people wrote on the topic of falling blossoms in a dream at the residence of the Priestess at Sekain. After dreaming that the spring wind is scattering the blossoms, the poet finds his heart still racing even when he wakes.
Though it happens only in a dream, the poem shows a fear of falling blossoms so strong that the heart is still unsettled after waking. Like 92, it was composed at a poetry gathering at the residence of the Priestess at Sekain.
First line, “harukaze no”: the spring wind, subject of chirasu in the second line.
Second line, “hana o chirasu to”: scattering the blossoms, the content of the dream.
Third line, “miru yume wa”: the dream in which I see it.
Fourth line, “samete mo mune no”: even after waking, my heart.
Fifth line, “sawagu narikeri”: is still in turmoil, closing with keri of realization on an agitation that does not end with the dream.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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