Kerria
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のどかなるはるもやあるとたづねつつこえてをりみんやへのやまぶき
nodoka naru haru mo ya aru to tazunetsutsu koete ori min yae no yamabuki ‘Is it due to gentle
17[i]
Right (Win)
やへさけるかひこそなけれやまぶきのちらばひとへもあらじとおもふに
yae sakeru kai koso nakere yamabuki no chiraba hitoe mo araji to omou ni To have bloomed eightfold
18[ii]
[i] This poem is included in Fubokushō (VI: 2017), attributed to Kanemori, with the headnote ‘Kerria, Poetry Match held by the Reikeiden Junior Consort, Second Month, Tenryaku 11’.
[ii] This poem is included in Shikashū (I: 46) as an anonymous poem with the headnote ‘Composed for the Poetry Match held at the Residence of the Reikeiden Junior Consort’.
Kerria Blooms
いろふかく思ひそめしをひとしほにさきぞしにける山ぶきの花
iro fukaku omoisomeshi o hitoshio ni saki zo shinikeru yamabuki no hana Deeply passion’s hue
19
散りのこるきしの山吹春ふかみこの一枝をあはれといはなん
chirinokoru kishi no yamabuki haru fukami kono hito eda o aware to iwanan A scattered remnant of
On picking some kerria and thinking of sending it to someone.
おのづからあはれともみよ春ふかみちりのこる岸の山吹のはな
onozukara aware tomo miyo haru fukami chiri nokoru kishi no yamabuki no hana ‘Tis natural that
Composed while watching kerria being blown by the wind.
わが心いかにせよとか山吹のうつろふ花のあらしたつらん
wa ga kokoro ika ni seyo to ka yamabuki no utsurou hana no arashi tatsuran My heart,
Composed on kerria on a day when it was raining.
春雨のつゆのやどりを吹く風にこぼれてにほふやまぶきの花
harusame no tsuyu no yadori o fuku kaze ni koborete niou yamabuki no hana A spring shower of
わがやどの八重のやまぶき露をおもみうちはらふ袖のそほちぬるかな
wa ga yado no yae no yamabuki tsuyu o omomi uchiharau sode no sōchinuru kana At my home
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Composed after picking some kerria.
今いくか春しなければ春雨にぬるともをらん山吹の花
ima ikuka haru shinakereba harusame ni nuru tomo oran yamabuki no hana Now, there’s but a few days
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たちかへりみれどもあかず山吹のはなちる岸の春の川なみ
tachikaeri miredomo akazu yamabuki no hana chiru kishi no haru no kawanami Rising and returning,
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After I had had a large number of people compose on kerria on the riverbed.
こゑたかみかはづなくなりゐでの川きしの山吹いまかちるらん
koe takami kawazu nakunari ide no kawa kishi no yamabuki ima ka chiruran With voices loud
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