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Lord Ariwara no Yukihira | Lord Ariwara no Yukihira | ||
The robe of haze (2) / worn by spring (1) / has a thin weave, and so / it is the mountain wind / that | The robe of haze (2) / worn by spring (1) / has a thin weave, and so / it is the mountain wind / that will soon put it in disarray. | ||
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Revision as of 20:03, 4 September 2020
Text
題しらず
在原行平朝臣
春のきる 霞の衣 ぬきをうすみ み山かぜにこそ みだるべらなれ
Translation
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Lord Ariwara no Yukihira
The robe of haze (2) / worn by spring (1) / has a thin weave, and so / it is the mountain wind / that will soon put it in disarray.
Notes
- 霞の衣
- Here spring is personified as wearing a robe of haze. This image may derive from Chinese poetry. The {{Denju|Engoki} goes as far as linking this to the goddess Saohime, who governs spring, but this may be going too far.
- ぬきをうすみ
- The を....み structure means が...ので, indicating a cause and effect. Takeoka indicates that this is often used to express the view of a third person observer. This line continues the metaphor above by likening the transparent haze to a thinly woven robe being pulled in two.
- べらなれ
- This phrase (here in the IZ because of the こそ) is used 25 times in the KKS, not at all in the MYS, and only a few scattered uses after the KS.
