よそにては岩越す滝と見ゆるかな
峰の桜や盛りなるらむ
峰の桜や盛りなるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Yoso nite wa iwa kosu taki to miyuru kana mine no sakura ya sakari naruramu
- English Translation
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From a distance there
like a waterfall that pours
over rocks it seems;
are the cherries on the peak
at the very height of bloom
- Meaning
- From afar it looks like a waterfall pouring over the rocks. Are the cherries on the peak at the height of their bloom?
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 43
Seen from afar, the cherries on the peak look like a waterfall cascading over rocks. The conceit moves from cherries as white clouds in the preceding poems to cherries as a waterfall.
First line, 'yoso nite wa', means from a distance.
Second line, 'iwa kosu taki to', is a waterfall spilling over rocks, a likeness for the white line of cherry trees.
Third line, 'miyuru kana', means so it appears, and the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'mine no sakura ya', uses the questioning ya, paired with ramu in the final line; it repeats 'have the cherries on the peaks' from poem 29.
Final line, 'sakari naruramu', means they must be at their height, guessing at the reason for the likeness.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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