桜花散りかひ霞む春の夜の
朧月夜の加茂の川風
朧月夜の加茂の川風
- Roma-ji
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Sakurabana chirikai kasumu haru no yo no oborozukiyo no kamo no kawakaze
- English Translation
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Cherry blossoms swirl,
scattering in hazy drifts;
on this night of spring,
in the dim and misty moonlight,
the river wind of Kamo.
- Meaning
- On a spring night beneath a hazy moon, the river wind of the Kamo scatters cherry blossoms until all is a swirling haze.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 80
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Falling blossoms by the water"
On a spring night under a hazy moon, cherry petals scatter in the wind over the Kamo River until everything appears veiled. The poem depicts the dreamlike beauty of a spring night where blossoms, haze, and misty moon melt together.
Line 1 names the falling blossoms of the topic.
Line 2: chirikau means to scatter in confusion; the dancing petals seem to blur into haze.
Line 3, "on this night of spring," sets the scene at night and anticipates the poems on "the moon of a spring night" from 97 on.
Line 4 names a night with a hazy, indistinct moon.
Line 5 ends on a noun, naming the wind over the Kamo River in Kyoto. From the daytime falling blossoms by the water in 78 and 79, the scene moves to falling blossoms by a river at night.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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