初花の開けはじむる梢より
そばへて風の渡るなりけり
そばへて風の渡るなりけり
- Roma-ji
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Hatsuhana no hirakehajimuru kozue yori sobaete kaze no wataru narikeri
- English Translation
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From the treetops where
the first blossoms of the year
have begun to open,
playfully, frolicking there,
the wind passes on its way.
- Meaning
- Around the treetops where the year's first blossoms are opening, the wind comes frolicking and playing as it passes through.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 148
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When composing fifteen poems on cherry blossoms"
Around the treetops where the year's first blossoms are beginning to open, the wind passes through, playfully nestling against them.
The wind is personified as frolicking with the newly opened flowers, with a faint undertone of wariness toward the wind that will eventually scatter them. Within the sequence, the scene moves from waiting for blossoms to the first flowers opening.
First line, “hatsuhana no”: of the year's first blossoms.
Second line, “hirakehajimuru”: beginning to open.
Third line, “kozue yori”: through the treetops.
Fourth line, “sobaete kaze no”: sobau means to frolic and play about, personifying the wind.
Fifth line, “wataru narikeri”: so it passes, closing with keri of realization.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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