散り敷きし花のにほひの名残多み
立たま憂かりし法の庭かな
立たま憂かりし法の庭かな
- Roma-ji
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Chirishikishi hana no nioi no nagori ōmi tatamaukarishi nori no niwa kana
- English Translation
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Blossoms strewn about,
so much of their glory still
lingered on the ground,
how loath I was to rise and
leave that garden of the Law.
- Meaning
- So much lingered of the beauty of the blossoms strewn all about that I was loath to rise and leave that garden of the Law.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 893
Headnote: "The chapter on the Encouragement of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy"
The topic is the last chapter of the Lotus Sutra, on the Encouragement of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy, in which Samantabhadra comes with many bodhisattvas and vows to protect all who keep the sutra, and the preaching of the Lotus Sutra comes to its close. So much lingered of the beauty of the strewn blossoms that I was loath to rise and leave that garden of the Law, the poet says, regretting the end of the preaching.
This closes the sequence on the chapters of the Lotus Sutra, taking up the flowers that rained from heaven in 877, on the Introductory Chapter, as lingering blossoms at the end.
First line, “chirishikishi”: strewn all about, answering 'chirimagau' at the head of 877.
Second line, “hana no nioi no”: of the beauty of the blossoms, the same words as the second line of 877.
Third line, “nagori ōmi”: since much lingers; mi on an adjective stem gives the reason.
Fourth line, “tatamaukarishi”: maushi is reluctant to; I was loath to leave.
Fifth line, “nori no niwa kana”: the garden of the service; kana is exclamatory, echoing 'nori no mushiro' in 877.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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