山おろす嵐の音の激しさを
いつ習ひける君が住みかぞ
いつ習ひける君が住みかぞ
- Roma-ji
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Yama orosu arashi no oto no hageshisa o itsu naraikeru kimi ga sumika zo
- English Translation
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Sweeping from the peak,
the storm with its raging roar,
when did you grow used
to all of it, that you dwell
in a place such as this?
- Meaning
- When did you learn to live with it, here in your dwelling, the violent roar of the storm that sweeps down from the mountain?
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 746
Headnote: "When the Lady Chūnagon who had served Taikenmon'in had left the world and was living at the foot of Mount Ogura, I visited; everything there was truly refined and moving, and even the look of the wind was especially sad, so I wrote this down"
When the Lady Chūnagon, who had served Taikenmon'in, had taken vows and lived at the foot of Mount Ogura, Saigyō visited her. The place was truly refined and moving, and even the wind seemed especially sad, so he wrote this. When did one who lived amid the splendor of the court grow used to dwelling with the violent roar of the storm sweeping down from the mountain? He thinks of how her circumstances have changed.
First line, “yama orosu”: sweeping down from the mountain.
Second line, “arashi no oto no”: the sound of the storm, taking up the especially sad look of the wind in the headnote.
Third line, “hageshisa o”: its violence.
Fourth line, “itsu naraikeru”: narau is to grow used to; when did you grow used to it?
Fifth line, “kimi ga sumika zo”: zo is emphatic, such is your dwelling.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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