Natsuyama no yūshitakaze no suzushisa ni nara no kokage no tatama uki kana

夏山の夕下風の涼しさに
楢の木陰の立たま憂きかな

Roma-ji: Natsuyama no yūshitakaze no suzushisa ni nara no kokage no tatama uki kana
English Translation: On the summer hill,
the evening breeze beneath the trees
blows so cool and sweet,
that from the oak tree's shadow
how loath I am to rise and go.
Meaning: In the summer hills, the evening breeze beneath the trees is so cool that I am reluctant to leave the shade of the oak.
Commentary: Summer Poems 233

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On a summer hill at dusk, the breeze blowing beneath the trees is so cool that the poet cannot bring himself to leave the shade of the oak where he rests. It expresses the reluctance of one travelling a summer mountain path to part with a moment of coolness.
Where the preceding poems sought coolness in the sound of water and a spring, this one finds it in the breeze through the shade, shifting from the coolness of water to that of wind.

First line, “natsuyama no”: the lush green hills of summer.
Second line, “yūshitakaze no”: shitakaze is the wind beneath the trees, here blowing at evening.
Third line, “suzushisa ni”: because of its coolness.
Fourth line, “nara no kokage no”: the shade of an oak; nara is a deciduous tree common in the hills.
Fifth line, “tatama uki kana”: tatama ushi means reluctant to get up and leave, closing with the exclamatory kana.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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