み吉野の山の山守花を見て
長々し日を飽かずもあるかな
長々し日を飽かずもあるかな
- Roma-ji
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Miyoshino no yama no yamamori hana o mite naganagashi hi o akazu mo aru kana
- English Translation
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In fair Yoshino
the keeper of the mountain,
gazing at the flowers,
all the long and lengthy day
never tires of them at all.
- Meaning
- The keeper of the mountain at Yoshino gazes at the blossoms all through the long spring day and never tires of them.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 48
Headnote: "Composed on a model of Mount Yoshino made for an archery gathering, showing mountain folk viewing the blossoms"
This poem was written on a model of Mount Yoshino set up for an archery gathering, depicting mountain folk viewing the blossoms. The poet portrays, almost enviously, the mountain keeper of Yoshino spending the long spring day gazing at flowers without tiring, entrusting his own love of blossoms to the figure in the display.
The Ruijū text's headnote differs, and the Teika text differs in the third line. One character in the base text's headnote is hard to read, and the reading tsukurite has been adopted. Naganagashi recalls Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's famous poem on the long, long night spent sleeping alone, but here it is used for the length of a spring day.
Line 1 names Mount Yoshino, the subject of the display; Yoshino poems continue from 47.
Line 2: yamamori is the keeper of the mountain, referring to the figure in the model; repeating "mountain" sets the rhythm.
Line 3, "gazing at the flowers," describes the display as it is.
Line 4 means "the long spring day."
Line 5: kana conveys admiration at his never tiring.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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