なにとなく暮るるしづりの音までも
雪あはれなる深草の里
雪あはれなる深草の里
- Roma-ji
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Nani to naku kururu shizuri no oto made mo yuki aware naru Fukakusa no sato
- English Translation
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For no reason known,
as the day grows dark, the snow
sliding from the boughs,
even its sound moves the heart
in the village of Fukakusa.
- Meaning
- For no particular reason, as the day darkens, even the sound of snow slipping from the branches makes the snow so deeply moving in the village of Fukakusa.
- Commentary
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Winter Poems 538
Headnote: "When composing poems on snow"
This was composed when the poet was writing poems on snow, the first of six under the same headnote. As the day darkens for no particular reason, even the sound of snow sliding from laden branches touches the heart in the snowy village of Fukakusa. The poem catches the poignancy of snow in Fukakusa, known as a lonely village, through a faint sound.
Just as 517 in this book found the moon shining clear over a withered winter village moving, this poem finds the snow of Fukakusa moving, showing the mood of a lonely village in winter through sound.
First line, “nani to naku”: for no particular reason, the heart touched without any special cause.
Second line, “kururu shizuri no”: shizuri is the falling of snow piled on branches, or that snow; the snow falling as the day darkens.
Third line, “oto made mo”: made mo means even the sound, not only the scene before the eyes.
Fourth line, “yuki aware naru”: aware nari is to be deeply moved.
Fifth line, “Fukakusa no sato”: Fukakusa is a place in Yamashiro, a name in poetry sung of as a lonely village; the poem ends on a noun.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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