雲深きみ山の嵐冴え冴えて
生駒の嶽に霰降るらし
生駒の嶽に霰降るらし
- Roma-ji
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Kumo fukaki miyama no arashi saesaete ikoma no take ni arare fururashi
- English Translation
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Where the clouds are deep
the storm wind of the mountains
blows keen and cold;
on the peak of Ikoma
the hail must be falling now.
- Meaning
- The storm wind of the cloud-wrapped mountains blows bitterly cold; on the peak of Ikoma, hail must be falling.
- Commentary
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Winter Poems 347
Headnote: "Hail by the mountains"
This poem was composed on the theme of hail by the mountains. Feeling how cold and keen the storm wind blows from the cloud-wrapped mountains, the poet surmises that hail must be falling on the peak of Ikoma. From the chill of the storm at hand, he imagines hail on a distant mountain.
This poem was included in the Shokugoshūi Wakashū. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.
Line 1 means "where the clouds hang deep."
Line 2: mi is an honorific prefix, and the line is the fierce wind of the mountains. Against "the storm wind of the near hills" in the preceding poem, this sings the storm of the deep mountains.
Line 3 is the same as line 3 of 345 and of the preceding poem, used in three poems in a row.
Line 4 names Mount Ikoma on the border of Yamato and Kawachi.
Line 5: rashi is a conjecture based on evidence, inferring hail from the cold of the storm. Poem 362 likewise has "on the peak of Yoshino" in line 4 and "snow must be falling" in line 5, singing snow with the same design.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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