Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
山川の岩まのささのひたすらにしのびしふしはあらはれにけり
| yamakawa no iwama no sasa no hitasura ni shinobishi fushi wa arawarenikeri | Along a mountain stream From the cracks between the crags, dwarf bamboo Earnestly Its once hidden knots Has displayed! |
Toshiyori
Tag Archives: Sasa
Sankashū 972
Topic unknown.
小笹原葉末の露は玉に似て石なき山を行く心地する
| ozasawara hazue no tsuyu wa tama ni nite ishinaki yama o yuku kokochisuru |
In the groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Dewdrops on the leaf-tips Resemble jewels; Through mountains with no rocks I feel as if I travel! |
Saigyō
西行
Chūgū no suke shige’ie ason ke uta’awase 96
小笹原夜の間の雪に埋もれてゐなの山風音ぞともしき
| ozasawara yo no ma no yuki ni uzumorete ina no yamakaze oto zo tomoshiki |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo In night’s snowfall Have been buried; The wind in the Ina mountains Sounds faint, indeed! |
Minamoto no Moromitsu
源師光
Tametada-ke godo hyakushu 369
小笹原末葉に結ぶ白露の光の間にも澄める月影
| ozasawara sueba ni musubu shiratsuyu no hikari no ma ni mo sumeru tsukikage |
In the groves of young broad-leaved bamboo The leaf-tips are bound With silver dewdrops: In those bright fragments Clearly shines the moonlight. |
Fujiwara no Chikataka
藤原親隆
Horikawa hyakushu 167
冬草と見えし春野の小笹原弥生の雨に深緑なる
| fuyu kusa to mieshi haruno no ozasawara yayoi no ame ni fukamidori naru |
A winter plant They did appear in the fields in springtime: The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo By the Third Month’s rains Turned the darkest green. |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
Horikawa hyakushu 926
玉鉾の朝行く道の小笹原わくるもす裾に霜冴えにけり
| tamahoko no asa yuku michi no ozasawara wakuru mo suso ni shimo saenikeri |
Jewelled-spear straight My morning’s path through The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo; Forging through upon my hem How chill lies the frost! |
Higo
Horikawa hyakushu 730
小笹原染み身における白露を飽きは絶えせぬ玉とこそ見れ
| ozasawara shimi mi ni okeru shiratsuyu o aki wa taesenu tama to koso mire |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Are deeply dyed with Silver dew: I will never cease to long For those seeming jewels! |
Fujiwara no Akinaka
藤原顕仲
Tango no kami kinmoto ason uta’awase 9
小笹原玉ぬく露を見る折りはしばしな吹きそ山颪の風
| ozasaFara tama nuku tuyu wo miru wori Fa sibasi na Fuki so yama orosi no kaze |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Gem-strung with dew Do seem – for that time Briefly blow not, O, wind from off the mountains! |
GSIS III: 207
Composed on early summer rain, while at the estate of Minister of the Emperor’s Household Tsunenaga at Katsurayama.
梅雨は見えし小笹の原もなしあさかの沼の心地のみして
| samidare Fa miesi wozasa no Fara mo nasi asaka no numa no kokoti nomi site |
Summer showers Have I seen, but broad-leaved bamboo Groves are there none; Asaka marsh is Simply what this feels like! |
Fujiwara no Norinaga
藤原範永
Autumn III: 24
Left (Win).
霜結ぶ秋の末葉の小篠原風には露のこぼれしものを
| shimo musubu aki no sueba no ozasawara kaze ni wa tsuyu no koboreshi mono o |
Bound with frost Are the leaf-tips of The dwarf-bamboo grove, from where The wind flung dewdrops Once… |
467
Right.
月見れば霜に光を添へてけり秋の末葉の有明の空
| tsuki mireba shimo ni hikari o soetekeri aki no sueba no ariake no sora |
Looking at the moon, Its light the frostfall Has touched, Autumn’s last leaf From the dawning sky… |
468
The Right state that, ‘If it were ‘dewdrops flung by the wind’ (tsuyu wa kaze ni koboreshi), the conception [kokoro] of the Left’s poem would be easier to understand.’ The Left respond that, ‘The meanings of both are identical. However, in the Right’s poem it is not clear what the ‘last leaf’ (sueba) is.’
Shunzei’s judgement: ‘The Right’s poem, in addition to the expression ‘autumn’s last leaf’ having no clear referent, shows a weakness of conception [kokoro sukunaku kikoyu] with ‘looking at the moon’ (tsuki mireba). The Left, progressing from, ‘bound with frost’ (shimo musubu) to ‘leaf tips’ (sueba) and then ‘dwarf-bamboo grove’ (ozasawara) sounds most fine [yoroshiku kikokyu]. Thus, the Left must win.