さまざまのあはれありつる山里を
人に伝へて秋の暮れぬる
人に伝へて秋の暮れぬる
- Roma-ji
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Samazama no aware aritsuru yamazato o hito ni tsutaete aki no kurenuru
- English Translation
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Many were the charms
and the deep and quiet feelings
of this mountain village;
while I told them all to others,
autumn has come to its end.
- Meaning
- While I was telling others of the many moving charms of this mountain village, autumn has drawn to its close.
- Commentary
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One Hundred Poems 1547
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Miscellaneous Poems"
The fifth of the ten miscellaneous poems. While he was telling others of the many charms of autumn in the mountain village, autumn itself drew to a close.
It sings of the feeling of mountain life, the season passing while he told others of the autumn charms he had savored there. Where 1488 and other snow poems sang of the loneliness of a village neglected by others, this one stands on the side of one who conveys its charms to them.
First line, “samazama no”: of many kinds.
Second line, “aware aritsuru”: tsuru marks completion, "that had deep charm."
Third line, “yamazato o”: of the mountain village.
Fourth line, “hito ni tsutaete”: telling it to others.
Fifth line, “aki no kurenuru”: nuru, the attributive of perfective nu, closes the poem, "autumn has ended."
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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