野辺の色も春の匂ひもおしなべて
心染めける悟りにぞなる
心染めける悟りにぞなる
- Roma-ji
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Nobe no iro mo haru no nioi mo oshinabete kokoro somekeru satori ni zo naru
- English Translation
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The hues of the fields,
and the fragrance of the spring,
all of them alike,
that once dyed this heart so deep,
become awakening itself.
- Meaning
- The colors of the autumn fields and the fragrance of spring, all that has dyed my heart, become awakening itself.
- Commentary
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One Hundred Poems 1542
Headnote: "One more poem on this sense. The spring fragrance of the bayberry is the merit of Henkitsu; the autumn color of the purple orchid is the true form of the Bodhisattva Fugen"
Added as one more poem at the close of the ten Buddhist poems. The headnote quotes the lines that the spring fragrance of the bayberry is the merit of Henkitsu and the autumn color of the purple orchid the true form of the Bodhisattva Fugen, and the poem sets out their sense.
The fragrance of spring flowers and the colors of autumn fields, all the beauty of nature that has dyed the heart, lead straight to awakening. Henkitsu is another name for Fugen. A poet who loved blossoms and the moon all his life here shows a heart that makes that very love of beauty the path to awakening, a fitting close to the Buddhist poems of a hundred that began with the seasons.
First line, “nobe no iro mo”: the colors of the autumn fields, answering the headnote's "autumn color of the purple orchid"; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “haru no nioi mo”: the fragrance of spring flowers, answering the headnote's "spring fragrance of the bayberry."
Third line, “oshinabete”: all alike.
Fourth line, “kokoro somekeru”: that has deeply dyed the heart.
Fifth line, “satori ni zo naru”: zo concludes with the attributive naru, strengthening "they become awakening."
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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