眺むれば吹く風涼し三輪の山
杉の梢を出づる月影
杉の梢を出づる月影
- Roma-ji
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Nagamureba fuku kaze suzushi Miwa no yama sugi no kozue o izuru tsukikage
- English Translation
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As I gaze in thought,
the wind that blows feels cool;
on Mount Miwa
from the tips of the cedars
the moonlight rising.
- Meaning
- As I gaze lost in thought, the wind blowing is cool; from the tops of the cedars on Mount Miwa the moonlight rises.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 631
Headnote: "Summer moon at the shrine"
On a summer night near the shrine of Miwa, gazing lost in thought, the poet feels a cool wind as the moon rises from the sacred cedars of Mount Miwa. The coolness of a summer night and the purity of the moon over the sacred mountain are drawn together.
The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts." Kamo no Mabuchi noted that nagamu means to gaze silently with something on one's mind, not merely to look.
Line 1 means "as I gaze in thought."
Line 2 means "the wind blowing is cool," with a break after the line, the coolness amid summer heat.
Line 3 names Mount Miwa in Yamato, the mountain that is itself the body of the god of Ōmiwa Shrine.
Line 4 means "from the cedar tops," the cedars of Miwa famous as sacred trees; the next poem, 632, also sings of them.
Line 5 means "the rising moonlight," ending on a noun.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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