山吹の花咲く里になりぬれば
ここにも井手と思ほゆるかな
ここにも井手と思ほゆるかな
- Roma-ji
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Yamabuki no hana saku sato ni narinureba koko ni mo Ide to omooyuru kana
- English Translation
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Now that it's become
a village where kerria
blossoms everywhere,
here too, it seems to me,
is the famous Ide's place.
- Meaning
- Now that it has become a village where the kerria blooms, it seems to me that here, too, is Ide.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 166
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Kerria"
This is the second poem on kerria. Now that the village is full of kerria in bloom, the poet feels it is just like Ide, the famous place for the flower.
Ide is a poetic place in Yamashiro, known for kerria and singing frogs. By likening a nearby village to the famous spot, he praises the beauty of the kerria in full bloom. That poems on frogs come next calls to mind the classic pairing of Ide's kerria and frogs.
First line, “yamabuki no”: of the kerria, leading into the blossoms.
Second line, “hana saku sato ni”: to a village where the kerria blooms.
Third line, “narinureba”: since it has become, giving the reason.
Fourth line, “koko ni mo Ide to”: that this too is Ide, likening it to the famous place for kerria.
Fifth line, “omooyuru kana”: so it naturally seems, closing with the exclamatory kana.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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