散りはてぬ花のありかを知らすれば
厭ひし風ぞ今日はうれしき
厭ひし風ぞ今日はうれしき
- Roma-ji
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Chirihatenu hana no arika o shirasureba itoishi kaze zo kyō wa ureshiki
- English Translation
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Of the flowers not yet
scattered to the very last,
since it tells me where,
the wind I so despised
is a joy to me today
- Meaning
- Since it tells me where the blossoms that have not yet all fallen are to be found, the wind I hated is a joy to me today.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 70
Through the scent and petals the wind carries, the poet learns where blossoms not yet fully fallen still remain, and the wind he usually hates is a joy today. Like poem 63, it reverses the usual resentment of the wind, and it closes the cherry sequence.
First line, 'chirihatenu', means not yet fully scattered, nu being the attributive of the negative zu.
Second line, 'hana no arika o', uses arika, whereabouts.
Third line, 'shirasureba', means since it lets me know, with the wind as subject.
Fourth line, 'itoishi kaze zo', means the wind I disliked for scattering the flowers; zo closes on the attributive in the final line.
Final line, 'kyō wa ureshiki', means today it is a joy, answering 'for the first time the wind has become a joy to me' in poem 63.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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