山吹に吹きくる風も心あらば
八重ながらをば散らさざらなむ
八重ながらをば散らさざらなむ
- Roma-ji
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Yamabuki ni fukikuru kaze mo kokoro araba yae nagara o ba chirasazaranamu
- English Translation
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On the kerria
the wind that comes blowing too,
if it has a heart,
with their eightfold petals whole
I would have it spare the blooms
- Meaning
- If the wind that blows upon the kerria has any heart, I wish it would leave the eightfold blossoms whole and not scatter them.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 79
The poet asks the wind, if it has a heart, not to scatter the double-flowered kerria. As the close of the kerria sequence, it continues the run of prohibitions and pleas addressed to whatever might harm the flowers.
First line, 'yamabuki ni', means on the kerria.
Second line, 'fukikuru kaze mo', is the same phrase as in poem 24, here set as what scatters the flowers.
Third line, 'kokoro araba', is a supposition: if it has a heart.
Fourth line, 'yae nagara o ba', means just as they are, eightfold.
Final line, 'chirasazaranamu', means I wish it would not scatter them, namu expressing a wish directed at another.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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