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Kokinshu #457
Sunday, 13 October 2013 08:16[Admin note: I'm skipping #456a because my translation is unchanged from when I posted two years ago as KKS #1104.]
Cape Ikaga (Ikagasaki)
Why, given it's spring,
do we not see the droplets
splashing from the waves
struck by our oars as flowers
blooming and then scattering?
kaji ni ataru
nami no shizuku o
haru nareba
ikaga sakichiru
hana to mizaramu
---L.
Cape Ikaga (Ikagasaki)
Why, given it's spring,
do we not see the droplets
splashing from the waves
struck by our oars as flowers
blooming and then scattering?
—6 October 2013
Original by Prince Kanemi. The location of Cake Ikaga is uncertain, but it one speculation is that it's the one in modern Hirakata City near Osaka. The original word order is a little funky -- "since it's spring" is parenthetically inserted as the middle line. "Splashing" is interpolation for clarity.kaji ni ataru
nami no shizuku o
haru nareba
ikaga sakichiru
hana to mizaramu
---L.