冬ごもり那智の嵐の寒ければ
苔の衣の薄くやあるらむ
苔の衣の薄くやあるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Fuyugomori Nachi no arashi no samukereba koke no koromo no usuku ya aruramu
- English Translation
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Winter seclusion—
the storm wind on Nachi
blows so bitter cold,
the robe of moss they wear
must feel so very thin.
- Meaning
- In their winter seclusion, the storm on Nachi is so cold that the moss robes of those practising there must feel thin indeed.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 637
Headnote: "On a folding screen, a painting of the same mountain"
Seeing Mount Nachi painted on a screen, the poet imagines that the winter storm there is so cold that the coarse robes of the ascetics must feel thin, and feels for them.
The Ruijū text gives the headnote as "A painting of Mount Nachi on a screen" and differs by one letter in line 1.
Line 1 means "winter seclusion."
Line 2 means "of the storm of Nachi," taking up Mount Nachi of the preceding poem.
Line 3 means "since it is cold."
Line 4 means "of the robe of moss," the same words as in 610 of this book.
Line 5 means "must it feel thin?" ya concluded by ramu.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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