Kokinshu 32
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題しらず
よみ人しらず
折りつれば 袖こそにほへ 梅花 ありとやここに うぐひすのなく
Translation
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Poet unknown
I broke it off, so \ my sleeves are what smell \ a plum blossom \ "It's here" perhaps \ the warbler cries.
Notes
- 折りつれば
- This is the completion つ in 已然形 followed by the ば particle ("because").
- 袖こそにほへ
- にほへ is in 已然形 because of the こそ. This may have a "but..." meaning.
- ありとや
- ありと represents the thought of the warbler, and や is the speaker's guess (that the warbler is so thinking).
- ここに
- There is some question about where ここ is; does it refer specifically to the sleeves or to the general area of the person's house or garden? Modern commentaries generally say it's the sleeve specifically.
Analysis
Other sources
- 奥儀抄 歌林良材
- 定家八代抄 古来風体抄 桐火桶
- 源氏物語注・若菜上、宿り木
- 伊勢集（大成III)４２４
