入日さすゆふくれなゐの色はえて
山下照らす岩つつじかな
山下照らす岩つつじかな
- Roma-ji
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Irihi sasu yūkurenai no iro haete yamashita terasu iwatsutsuji kana
- English Translation
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Where the sunset shines,
with the crimson of the dusk
their color blazing,
lighting up the mountain's foot,
the azaleas on the rocks
- Meaning
- Lit by the setting sun, blazing with the crimson of evening, the rock azaleas light up the foot of the mountain.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 80
Rock azaleas glowing even redder in the evening sun light up the foot of the mountain. Overlapping the crimson of the sunset with the crimson of the azaleas, the poem paints a richly colored scene of late spring.
First line, 'irihi sasu', means where the setting sun shines.
Second line, 'yūkurenai no', contains yūkurenai, a pivot word meaning both evening and crimson, overlapping the color of the sunset with that of the azaleas.
Third line, 'iro haete', means their color shining bright.
Fourth line, 'yamashita terasu', means lighting the foot of the mountain, likening the flowers' brightness to light.
Final line, 'iwatsutsuji kana', names iwatsutsuji, azaleas growing among rocks, ending with the exclamatory kana.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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