今朝見れば夜半の嵐に散りはてて
庭こそ花の盛りなりけれ
庭こそ花の盛りなりけれ
- Roma-ji
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Kesa mireba yowa no arashi ni chirihatete niwa koso hana no sakari nari kere
- English Translation
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When I look this morning,
by the midnight gale they've all
scattered to the last;
now it is the garden ground
where the flowers are at their peak
- Meaning
- Looking out this morning, I find that the night's gale has scattered every blossom; now it is the garden that is in full flower.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 58
The night's gale has stripped the branches, carpeting the garden with petals, and the poet paradoxically says that the garden is now at the height of bloom. Regretting the fallen flowers, he discovers a new beauty in petals spread on the ground.
First line, 'kesa mireba', means when I look this morning.
Second line, 'yowa no arashi ni', is the fierce wind that blew in the night, taking up the gale of poem 57.
Third line, 'chirihatete', means scattered completely.
Fourth line, 'niwa koso hana no', uses koso, which closes on the perfective kere in the final line.
Final line, 'sakari nari kere', means it was at its peak; the reversal, with the garden rather than the branches in full bloom, is the point.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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