来る人もなきわが宿の藤の花
たれをまつとて咲きかかるらむ
たれをまつとて咲きかかるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Kuru hito mo naki waga yado no fuji no hana tare o matsu tote sakikakaruramu
- English Translation
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Since no one comes by
to this dwelling place of mine,
the wisteria blooms,
waiting by the pine for whom,
do they hang in such full flower
- Meaning
- At my house where no one comes to call, for whom does the wisteria wait, hanging in bloom upon the pine?
- Commentary
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Book One Spring Poems 83
Seeing wisteria blooming at his house where no one visits, the poet asks for whom it is waiting as it hangs in bloom. Wisteria hanging on a pine is linked to waiting for someone, and the poem carries the loneliness of receiving no visitors.
First line, 'kuru hito mo', means not even anyone who comes.
Second line, 'naki waga yado no', is the poet's own house where no one comes, a lonely dwelling.
Third line, 'fuji no hana', states the theme, carrying on the wisteria sequence.
Fourth line, 'tare o matsu tote', contains matsu, a pivot word meaning both to wait for someone and the pine on which wisteria hangs. The pine sung up to poem 82 is turned to the meaning of waiting.
Final line, 'sakikakaruramu', means they must be hanging in bloom, guessing at the reason.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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