わが宿の八重の山吹露を重み
うち払ふ袖のそぼちぬるかな
うち払ふ袖のそぼちぬるかな
- Roma-ji
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Waga yado no yae no yamabuki tsuyu o omomi uchiharau sode no sobochinuru kana
- English Translation
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At my dwelling here
the double-petaled kerria,
heavy with the dew—
as I brush the dew away
my sleeves are soaked through and through.
- Meaning
- The double kerria by my house is so heavy with dew that, brushing it off, my sleeve has been soaked through.
- Commentary
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Spring Poems 120
Headnote: "Composed on yellow kerria"
Because dew lies heavy on the double-flowered kerria at his house, the poet's sleeve is soaked when he brushes it away. Through the weight of dew on the flowers and the feel of the wet sleeve he conveys the freshness of kerria after rain.
In the Ruijū text the headnote reads "Composed on seeing kerria," and the last line is kaorinuru kana ("has grown fragrant").
Line 1 names the poet's residence and, like 25, continues "the double-flowered…."
Line 2, "double-petaled kerria," has the same form as "double red plum" in 25.
Line 3 is hypermetric at six syllables; noun + o + adjective stem + mi gives the reason, "since the dew is heavy."
Line 4 is hypermetric at eight syllables, naming the sleeve that brushes away the dew.
Line 5 is the same closing as 53; sobotsu means to be soaked through. After the preceding poem, 119, resolved to pick the flowers though wet, here the sleeve is truly soaked by dew.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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