春雨に濡れて尋ねむ山桜
雲のかへしの嵐もぞ吹く
雲のかへしの嵐もぞ吹く
- Roma-ji
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Harusame ni nurete tazunemu yamazakura kumo no kaeshi no arashi mo zo fuku
- English Translation
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In the rain of spring
I will seek them, drenched or not,
the mountain cherries,
lest the storm that clears the clouds
should come blowing them away
- Meaning
- Even in the spring rain I will go, drenched as I may be, to seek the mountain cherries, for fear that the gale that drives the clouds away may blow.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 55
Rather than wait for the spring rain to end, when the wind that drives off the rain clouds might scatter the blossoms, the poet resolves to visit the mountain cherries now, even if he gets wet. It shows a fine concern for the wind that follows the rain.
The author, Yorimune, is Fujiwara no Yorimune. A son of Fujiwara no Michinaga, he rose to Minister of the Right and was called the Horikawa Minister of the Right.
First line, 'harusame ni', is the fine rain that falls in spring.
Second line, 'nurete tazunemu', means I will seek them even if I get wet, mu being volitional.
Third line, 'yamazakura', names what he will seek, and the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'kumo no kaeshi no', is the wind that blows the rain clouds back.
Final line, 'arashi mo zo fuku', uses mo zo to express the fear that it might blow.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Yorimune
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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