紫の色のゆかりに藤の花
かかれる松もむつましきかな
かかれる松もむつましきかな
- Roma-ji
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Murasaki no iro no yukari ni fuji no hana kakareru matsu mo mutsumashiki kana
- English Translation
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For the purple hue
and the bond that color brings,
the wisteria's bloom
makes the pine on which it hangs
dear and close to me as well
- Meaning
- Through its bond with the color purple, even the pine on which the wisteria hangs feels dear and close to me.
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 82
Out of love for the color purple, even the pine on which purple wisteria hangs seems dear. Drawing on the Kokinshū poem about seeing all the grasses of Musashino with tenderness for the sake of a single purple plant, it transfers this spreading affection to wisteria and pine.
The author, Akisuke, is Fujiwara no Akisuke. A son of Fujiwara no Akisue, he rose to Master of the Western Capital Office. A poet of the Rokujō Fujiwara house, he compiled the Shikawakashū at the command of Retired Emperor Sutoku.
First line, 'murasaki no', is the color of the wisteria.
Second line, 'iro no yukari ni', uses yukari, a tie or connection, here a link through the color purple.
Third line, 'fuji no hana', states the theme.
Fourth line, 'kakareru matsu mo', means the pine on which it hangs too, pairing pine and wisteria like poem 81.
Final line, 'mutsumashiki kana', means how dear it seems, ending with the exclamatory kana.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Akisuke
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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