荒れ果てて月もとまらぬわが宿に
秋の木の葉を風ぞ吹きける
秋の木の葉を風ぞ吹きける
- Roma-ji
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Arehatete tsuki mo tomaranu waga yado ni aki no konoha o kaze zo fukikeru
- English Translation
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Fallen into ruin,
where not even the moon will stay,
into my dwelling
the leaves of autumn
the wind alone has blown
- Meaning
- Into my dwelling, so ruined that not even the moon will stay, the wind alone has blown the autumn leaves.
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 136
Headnote: "Composed on seeing autumn leaves falling on a moonlit night"
Taira no Kanemori composed this on seeing autumn leaves falling on a moonlit night.
Not even the moon will linger in his ruined house, yet the wind blows in the autumn leaves. The loneliness of a dwelling no one visits is drawn through the contrast of moon and wind, what will not stay and what blows in.
The first line, "arehatete," means "utterly ruined," showing the decay of his dwelling.
The second line, "tsuki mo tomaranu," means "where not even the moon stays," mo implying even the moon.
The third line, "waga yado ni," means "to my dwelling."
The fourth line, "aki no konoha o," uses the same words as the fourth line of 133 in this book, continuing the poems on falling leaves.
The last line, "kaze zo fukikeru," means "the wind has blown," with zo resolved in the attributive keru.
- Author
- Taira no Kanemori
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
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