かくばかり東風てふ風の吹くを見て
塵の疑ひを起こさずもがな
塵の疑ひを起こさずもがな
- Roma-ji
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Kaku bakari kochi chō kaze no fuku o mite chiri no utagai o okosazu mogana
- English Translation
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Seeing that the wind
that men call the east wind blows
with such force as this,
not a speck of doubt like dust
would I have it stir in me
- Meaning
- Seeing the east wind blow so strongly, I wish not to let even a speck of doubt rise in me like dust.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 632
Seeing the wind called the east wind blow so strongly, the poet wishes not to raise even a speck of doubt. Drawing on the wind's stirring up of dust, the poem expresses the wish to harbor not the slightest doubt toward the Buddha's teaching.
Poems concerning the Buddha's Law continue from 626 in this book, and this poem sings of a heart that trusts the teaching.
First line, 'kaku bakari', means this much.
Second line, 'kochi chō kaze no', means the wind called the east wind, chō being a contraction of to iu.
Third line, 'fuku o mite', means seeing it blow.
Fourth line, 'chiri no utagai o', means a dust speck of doubt, an extra syllable in the line. It is tied to the dust blown about by the wind.
Final line, 'okosazu mogana', means I wish not to raise, the particle mogana expressing a wish. Wind, dust and raising are associated words.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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