classic waka stream

思へただ都にてだに袖冴えし
比良の高嶺の雪のけしきを
Roma-ji

Omoe tada miyako nite dani sode saeshi hira no takane no yuki no keshiki o

English Translation
Just think of it now:
even in the capital
my sleeves were chilled through
by the sight of the snow that lay
on the high peaks of Mount Hira.
Meaning
Just think of it: even in the capital my sleeves grew cold at the sight of the snow on the high peaks of Hira—how much more here.
Commentary
Miscellaneous Poems 1156

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Jakunen's reply to Saigyō's poem. Just think, he says, of the snowy scene on Hira's high peaks that chilled my sleeves even when I was in the capital; how much colder here in nearby Ōhara.
Answering Saigyō's "how I picture it" with "just think," he uses dani to show the difference in cold between the capital and Ōhara. In 1081 of this book Saigyō also wrote "omoe tada" and "miyako nite dani," and the same phrasing appears in his friend's reply.

First line, “omoe tada”: just think, an imperative breaking after the first line, answering "omoi koso yare."
Second line, “miyako nite dani”: dani infers, "even in the capital."
Third line, “sode saeshi”: my sleeves were chilled; shi is the attributive of the past ki.
Fourth line, “hira no takane no”: taking up the second line of Saigyō's poem unchanged.
Fifth line, “yuki no keshiki o”: the snowy scene, the inversion giving the object of "think."
Author
Jakuzen
Source
Sankashu
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