月の澄む御祖川原に霜冴えて
千鳥遠立つ声聞こゆなり
千鳥遠立つ声聞こゆなり
- Roma-ji
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Tsuki no sumu mioyagawara ni shimo saete chidori tōdatsu koe kikoyu nari
- English Translation
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On Mioya's banks
where the moon shines clear and bright,
the frost lies so cold,
and the voices of the plovers
rising far off reach my ears.
- Meaning
- On the banks of the Mioya, where the moon shines clear, the frost lies cold, and I hear the cries of plovers rising far away.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1402
Headnote: "Composed when I visited Kamo on a moonlit night"
Visiting the Kamo Shrine on a moonlit night, Saigyō composed this. On the banks of the Mioya where the moon shines clear, the frost lies cold, and the cries of plovers rising far off are heard.
Moonlight, white frost, and the plovers' cries capture a clear, cold winter-night scene on the riverbank through sight and sound. Mioya refers to the ancestral deity of the Shimogamo Shrine, and the purity of the sacred precinct runs through the poem.
First line, “tsuki no sumu”: where the moon is clear.
Second line, “mioyagawara ni”: Mioya refers to the ancestral deity of Shimogamo; on the riverbank near the shrine.
Third line, “shimo saete”: the frost lying cold.
Fourth line, “chidori tōdatsu”: plovers rising far off.
Fifth line, “koe kikoyu nari”: nari infers from hearing, "their cries seem to reach me."
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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