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Kokinshu #330
Saturday, 10 November 2012 07:58 Written on falling snow.
Although it's winter,
with this scattering of flowers
come down from the sky --
might it be that it's springtime
away beyond the clouds?
fuyu nagara
sora yori hana no
chirikuru wa
kumo no anata wa
haru ni ya aruramu
---L.
Although it's winter,
with this scattering of flowers
come down from the sky --
might it be that it's springtime
away beyond the clouds?
—2 October 2012
Original by Kiyowara no Fukayabu. In the spring, falling petals are mistaken for snowflakes (see for example #9) -- in winter, it's the reverse. This poem was collected in multiple Heian-period anthologies and cited in Wakatai jisshu ("Ten Styles of Japanese Poetry," believed to be by Mibu no Tadamine) as a model of using plain expressions with profound emotional overtones.fuyu nagara
sora yori hana no
chirikuru wa
kumo no anata wa
haru ni ya aruramu
---L.