山吹も同じかざしの花なれど
雲居の桜なほぞ恋しき
雲居の桜なほぞ恋しき
- Roma-ji
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Yamabuki mo onaji kazashi no hana naredo kumoi no sakura nao zo koishiki
- English Translation
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Though the yellow rose
is also a flower worn
upon the headdress,
still it is the cherry trees
of the palace that I miss
- Meaning
- The yellow kerria too is a flower worn in the headdress, yet still I long for the cherry blossoms of the palace above the clouds.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 526
The kerria too is a flower worn in the headdress, the poet says, and yet she still longs for the cherry blossoms of the palace. Not wholly content with the kerria now in her hand, she yearns for the palace cherries she once knew, and the poem seems to entrust to the flowers the longing of one who has left the court for her days in service there.
Kumoi is a word for the palace, and in this book poem 571 speaks of kumoi no tsuki, the moon above the clouds, to express the grief of one who has drifted away from the court.
First line, 'yamabuki mo', means the kerria too. Kerria is a shrub that bears yellow flowers in late spring.
Second line, 'onaji kazashi no', means the same headdress flower, kazashi being the flowers worn in cap or hair at festivals and banquets.
Third line, 'hana naredo', means though it is a flower, the realis of the copula nari followed by the concessive do.
Fourth line, 'kumoi no sakura', means the cherries of the palace, kumoi standing for the court. Like kumoi no tsuki in poem 571 in this book, it carries longing for the court.
Final line, 'nao zo koishiki', means I still long for them, the particle zo answered by the attributive koishiki.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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