宿にある桜の花は咲きにけり
千年の春も常かくし見む
千年の春も常かくし見む
- Roma-ji
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Yado ni aru sakura no hana wa sakinikeri chitose no haru mo tsune kakushi mimu
- English Translation
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The cherry blossoms
that grow beside my dwelling
have burst into bloom;
for a thousand springs to come
let me see them always so.
- Meaning
- The cherry blossoms by my house have bloomed; for a thousand springs to come, may I always see them just like this.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 667
Headnote: "On seeing the cherry blossoms in bloom"
Seeing the cherry blossoms by his house in bloom, the poet wishes to see them just like this for a thousand springs, blessing unchanging spring and long life.
The Ruijū text gives the headnote as "On seeing the blossoms in bloom" and places it in its section of celebration.
Line 1 means "at my house."
Line 2 means "the cherry blossoms," moving from the plum in a vase of the preceding poem to cherry in the garden.
Line 3 means "have bloomed," with a break after the line.
Line 4 means "a thousand springs too."
Line 5 means "always thus shall I see them," shi emphatic and mu expressing will.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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