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= Text = | |||
むめの花を<ruby>折<rt>ゝ</rt></ruby>りてよめる | |||
東三条の左のおほひまうちきみ | |||
鶯の 笠にぬふてふ 梅花 折<ruby>り<rt>・</rt></ruby>てかざ<ruby>さ<rt>ゝ</rt></ruby>む おいかくるやと | |||
= Translation = | |||
He broke off a plum flower and read this | |||
Higashi Sanjo Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Tokiwa] | |||
The warblers / weave hats out of them, they say / the plum flowers / I shall break one off and put it in my cap / perhaps to hide my age. | |||
= Notes = | |||
;左のおほひまうちきみ | |||
:This is a Japanese reading of 左大臣. According to Takeoka the きみ should be unvoiced, but Katagiri voices it as ぎみ. | |||
;笠にぬふてふ | |||
:てふ is a contraction of といふ; many texts, including some of Teika's texts, read といふ instead. | |||
;The {{Oldest|''Ogisho''}} says that the warblers jumping back and forth in the branches seems like weaving, and so they are said to "weave" branches. Since then, commentators both pre-modern and modern have variously supported this idea, or said that this is simply an evocative image because warblers spend time around plum trees. | |||
= Analysis = | |||
The sentiment of the poem seems to be based on KKS 1081, which is also a Saibara song: 青柳の片糸によりてうぐひすの縫ふてふ笠は梅のはながさ. Although, as the {{Nativist|''Seigi''}} pointed out, that poem has てふ in it as well, so this may be referring to some previous song or legend that now lost. | |||
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Revision as of 15:36, 16 August 2022
Text
むめの花を折りてよめる
東三条の左のおほひまうちきみ
鶯の 笠にぬふてふ 梅花 折りてかざさむ おいかくるやと
Translation
He broke off a plum flower and read this
Higashi Sanjo Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Tokiwa]
The warblers / weave hats out of them, they say / the plum flowers / I shall break one off and put it in my cap / perhaps to hide my age.
Notes
- 左のおほひまうちきみ
- This is a Japanese reading of 左大臣. According to Takeoka the きみ should be unvoiced, but Katagiri voices it as ぎみ.
- 笠にぬふてふ
- てふ is a contraction of といふ; many texts, including some of Teika's texts, read といふ instead.
- The Template:Oldest says that the warblers jumping back and forth in the branches seems like weaving, and so they are said to "weave" branches. Since then, commentators both pre-modern and modern have variously supported this idea, or said that this is simply an evocative image because warblers spend time around plum trees.
Analysis
The sentiment of the poem seems to be based on KKS 1081, which is also a Saibara song: 青柳の片糸によりてうぐひすの縫ふてふ笠は梅のはながさ. Although, as the Template:Nativist pointed out, that poem has てふ in it as well, so this may be referring to some previous song or legend that now lost.
Other Sources
- 古今和歌六帖１４０４・翁・とう三条の左大臣. Also ４１２７・むめ・東三条右大臣
- 拾玉集３４７９. Jien's poem: 春ごとにかざしてとしぞつもりぬるわが老かくせむめの花がさ
- 秀歌大体 六華集 三百六十首和歌
- 奥儀抄 雲玉集
