小笹原葉末の露は玉に似て
石なき山を行く心地する
石なき山を行く心地する
- Roma-ji
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Ozasahara hazue no tsuyu wa tama ni nite ishi naki yama o yuku kokochi suru
- English Translation
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On the bamboo plain,
the dew upon the leaf tips
is like gleaming gems,
and I feel I walk a mountain
where there are no common stones.
- Meaning
- On the plain of little bamboo, the dew on the leaf tips is like jewels, and I feel as if I walk a mountain with no stones but only gems.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 972
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
On the plain of little bamboo, the dew on the leaf tips is like jewels, and I feel I walk a mountain with no stones but only gems, the poet says, likening a bamboo plain covered with dew to a mountain of treasure.
First line, “ozasahara”: a plain of little bamboo.
Second line, “hazue no tsuyu wa”: the dew on the leaf tips.
Third line, “tama ni nite”: like jewels.
Fourth line, “ishi naki yama o”: a mountain without stones, suggesting one made of gems.
Fifth line, “yuku kokochi suru”: I feel as if I walk it.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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