あだし野の露吹き乱る秋風に
なびきもあへぬ女郎花かな
なびきもあへぬ女郎花かな
- Roma-ji
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Adashino no tsuyu fukimidaru akikaze ni nabiki mo aenu ominaeshi kana
- English Translation
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In the autumn wind
scattering the dewdrops wild
on Adashi moor,
unable even to bend,
the maiden flower sways
- Meaning
- In the autumn wind that scatters the dew across the moor of Adashino, the maiden flower cannot even bend fully and sways helplessly.
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 237
In the fierce autumn wind scattering the dew over the moor of Adashino, the maiden flower cannot even bend fully and tosses helplessly. With the place name Adashino, which suggests transience, the poem depicts the frailty of the flower at the wind's mercy.
The second line, 'scattering the dew', shows the autumn wind doing just what poem 157 in this book pleaded against in 'do not scatter the white dew, first wind of autumn'. Set apart from the maiden flower sequence, it returns to the flower after the poems on the fujibakama.
The author, Kinzane, is Fujiwara no Kinzane. A son of Fujiwara no Sanesue, he rose to Provisional Major Counselor and also served as Master of the Crown Prince's Household. He was an active poet in the circle of Emperor Horikawa.
First line, 'adashino no', is the moor deep in Saga in Kyoto, a place name containing adashi, fleeting, that evokes impermanence.
Second line, 'tsuyu fukimidaru', means scattering the dew, answering 'do not scatter it' in poem 157 in this book.
Third line, 'akikaze ni', means in the autumn wind.
Fourth line, 'nabiki mo aenu', uses au, to manage fully: unable even to bend all the way.
Final line, 'ominaeshi kana', means ah, the maiden flower, with the exclamatory kana.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Kinzane
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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