秋の野の花見るほどの心をば
行くとやいはむ止まるとやいはむ
行くとやいはむ止まるとやいはむ
- Roma-ji
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Aki no no no hana miru hodo no kokoro o ba yuku to ya iwamu tomaru to ya iwamu
- English Translation
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In the autumn fields
as I gaze upon the flowers,
this heart of mine:
shall I say that it goes on,
or say that it has stayed?
- Meaning
- While I gaze at the flowers of the autumn fields, should I say my heart is moving on, or that it has stayed behind?
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 113
Headnote: "Composed on seeing the flowers of Saga Plain in lovely bloom on the way to the Hōrin Temple"
Akazome Emon composed this when, on her way to worship at the Hōrin Temple, she saw the autumn flowers of Saga Plain in lovely bloom.
Though she should hurry on to the temple, the flowers hold her heart and her steps falter, and she expresses this wavering by saying she can tell neither that she goes on nor that she stays. The lilting parallel of the closing lines fits the start of the sequence on autumn flowers.
The first line, "aki no no no," means "of the autumn fields," pointing to Saga Plain. It is the first poem of the sequence on autumn flowers.
The second line, "hana miru hodo no," means "while gazing at the flowers."
The third line, "kokoro o ba," means "my heart," o ba marking the object strongly.
The fourth line, "yuku to ya iwamu," means "shall I say it goes?" with ya marking the question.
The last line, "tomaru to ya iwamu," means "or shall I say it stays?" forming a couplet with the fourth line to show a wavering heart.
- Author
- Akazome Emon
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
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