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Fujiwaranoteika: Created page with "Previous poem | Next poem == Text == 帰る雁をよめる　　　 Read on returning geese 伊勢 Ise 春霞たつを見捨ててゆく雁は花なき里にすみやならへる {{PoemPair |orig= harukasumi tatsu wo mi-sute-te yuku kari wa hana naki sato ni sumi ya naraeru |trans= The spring haze rising They abandon it and go The departing geese Are they used to living In a village with no flowers? }} == Not..."

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Created page with "Previous poem | Next poem == Text == 帰る雁をよめる　　　 Read on returning geese 伊勢 Ise 春霞たつを見捨ててゆく雁は花なき里にすみやならへる {{PoemPair |orig= <poem> harukasumi tatsu wo mi-sute-te yuku kari wa hana naki sato ni sumi ya naraeru </poem> |trans= <poem> The spring haze rising They abandon it and go The departing geese Are they used to living In a village with no flowers? </poem> }} == Not..."

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== Text ==

帰る雁をよめる　　　

Read on returning geese

伊勢

Ise

春霞たつを見捨ててゆく雁は花なき里にすみやならへる

{{PoemPair
|orig=
<poem>
harukasumi
tatsu wo mi-sute-te
yuku kari wa
hana naki sato ni
sumi ya naraeru
</poem>

|trans=
<poem>
The spring haze rising
They abandon it and go
The departing geese
Are they used to living
In a village with no flowers?
</poem>
}}

== Notes ==

Other sources:

* ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' | ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' | ''[[Wakan rōeishū]]''

== Analysis ==

The basic idea of the poem is that the geese are used to living in villages with no flowers because of their migratory patterns. The spring haze indicates to the poet that flowers will bloom soon, but the geese don't care about that (or notice) because they're not used to flowers. Katagiri offers a slightly different reading -- the haze is hiding the flowers, and because the geese aren't used to the scene they don't know the flowers are there.

The poem links to the previous one by also commenting on the departing geese; in this case rather than entrusting them with a message, Ise is sad to see them go.

A thread of comment starting with Keichū and picked up by Takeoka suggest that the "flowerless village" is an image drawn from Chinese sources -- a village that is so far north there are no seasons. ''Shintaikei'' quotes a Lǐ Bái poem that evokes this northern village.

Kubota(1937) and Katagiri think the composition fits the feminine style of Ise. McCullough finds the technique typical of Ise's poetry, with its combination of questioning and personification. Mabuchi found the poem delicate and interesting.

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