Kokinshu #41
Saturday, 25 December 2010 09:55![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lnhammer Written on plum blossoms on a spring night.
How foolish it is,
the darkness of the spring night:
the plum flower's hue
certainly cannot be seen,
yet can its scent be hidden?
haru no yo no
yami wa ayanashi
ume no hana
iro koso miene
ka ya wa kakururu
---L.
How foolish it is,
the darkness of the spring night:
the plum flower's hue
certainly cannot be seen,
yet can its scent be hidden?
—28 October 2010
(Original by Ôshikôchi no Mitsune.) As in the previous, the flowers are grammatically unmarked but clearly are a genitive, modifying "color" instead of "scent." The editors liked these sorts of balanced pairs.haru no yo no
yami wa ayanashi
ume no hana
iro koso miene
ka ya wa kakururu
---L.