今作る三輪の祝が杉社
すぎにしことは問はずともよし
すぎにしことは問はずともよし
- Roma-ji
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Ima tsukuru Miwa no hafuri ga sugiyashiro suginishi koto wa towazu tomo yoshi
- English Translation
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Now they build anew
at Miwa, the priests,
a shrine of cedars;
what is past and cedar-gone
need not be asked about.
- Meaning
- Like the cedar shrine the priests of Miwa are now building anew, what has passed by need not be asked about any more.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 632
Headnote: "On the Miwa shrine"
On the Miwa shrine, the "cedar," sugi, of the cedar shrine the priests are building leads to sugi, "what has passed," and the poet says what is past need not be questioned. The newly built shrine is laid over a fresh beginning free of the past. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it in its section on the gods.
Line 1 means "now being built."
Line 2 means "the priests of Miwa," taking up Mount Miwa of the preceding poem.
Line 3 means "a shrine among cedars," and the first three lines form a preface leading to sugi.
Line 4 means "what has passed," continuing by the same sound as "cedar."
Line 5 means "need not be asked," the "now" of line 1 set against the "past" of line 4.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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Nagamureba fuku kaze suzushi Miwa no yama sugi no kozue o izuru tsukikage
- Next Poem
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Toshi tsumoru Koshi no Shirayama shirazu tomo kashira no yuki o aware to wa miyo