春ごとにあかぬにほひを桜花
いかなる風の惜しまざるらむ
いかなる風の惜しまざるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Harugoto ni akanu nioi o sakurabana ika naru kaze no oshimazaruramu
- English Translation
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Every spring again
their beauty never wearies,
cherry blossoms, yet
what manner of wind is it
that feels no regret for them
- Meaning
- Every spring the cherry blossoms show a beauty one never tires of; what kind of wind is it that scatters them without regret?
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 53
The poet resents the wind for scattering, without any regret, the beauty of cherries that never grows tiresome however many springs one sees them. From here on, poems lamenting cherries scattered by the wind grow more frequent.
First line, 'harugoto ni', means each time spring comes, the same opening as poem 37.
Second line, 'akanu nioi o', is a beauty one never wearies of.
Third line, 'sakurabana', names what the wind scatters.
Fourth line, 'ika naru kaze no', means what kind of wind, pairing with ramu to ask the cause.
Final line, 'oshimazaruramu', means does not regret, conveying resentment toward the wind that scatters the blossoms.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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