牡鹿伏す萩咲く野辺の夕露を
しばしもためぬ荻の上風
しばしもためぬ荻の上風
- Roma-ji
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Ojika fusu hagi saku nobe no yūtsuyu o shibashi mo tamenu ogi no uwakaze
- English Translation
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Where the stag lies down
in the moor of bush clover,
the evening dewdrops
are not let stay for a moment
by the wind above the reeds.
- Meaning
- The wind blowing over the tops of the reed grass does not let the evening dew linger for even a moment on the moor of bush clover where the stag lies.
- Commentary
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Autumn Poems 287
Headnote: "Wind through reed grass sweeping off the dew"
The topic is the wind through the reed grass sweeping away the dew. Evening dew settles on the moor of bush clover where the stag lies, but the wind blowing over the tops of the reed grass does not let it stay for even a moment, scattering it away. Layering deer, bush clover, dew, reed grass and wind, the poem paints an autumn evening on the moor.
Where 265 resolved not to push roughly through the dew beneath the bush clover, this poem shows the wind sweeping that dew away, revealing from the other side the heart that cherishes it.
First line, “ojika fusu”: the stag lying down, setting the deer in the moor as a figure of autumn.
Second line, “hagi saku nobe no”: of the moor where bush clover blooms; bush clover was called the deer's bride and often paired with it.
Third line, “yūtsuyu o”: the dew that settles on grasses in the evening.
Fourth line, “shibashi mo tamenu”: tamenu means not holding back, showing a wind too strong to let the dew stay even briefly.
Fifth line, “ogi no uwakaze”: ending on a noun, the wind passing over the top leaves of the reed grass, answering the topic.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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