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The water that
I once scooped, drenching my sleeves,
Has frozen to ice
Will the blowing wind melt it
On this day, the start of spring?
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;むすびし、はる、たつ、とく
This poem is a single sentence that is essentially an object-subject-verb construction. The first three lines modify the "ice" which then the "wind" will "melt".
:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with 袖. むすぶ - "weave", はる - "stretch [cloth]", たつ "cut [cloth]", とく "separate."
 
;Scoop, spring, start, spring
:All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as ''engo'' with "sleeves." ''musubu'': "weave" and "scoop", ''haru'': "stretch [cloth]" and "spring", ''tatsu'': "cut [cloth]" and "start [of a season]", and ''toku'' "separate" and "melt".


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春たちける日よめる

Read on the first day of spring

紀貫之

Ki no Tsurayuki

袖ひちてむすびし水の氷こほれるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん

sode hichi-te
musubi-shi mizu no
koore-ru wo
haru tatsu kyō no
kaze ya toku-ran

The water that
I once scooped, drenching my sleeves,
Has frozen to ice
Will the blowing wind melt it
On this day, the start of spring?

Notes

This poem is a single sentence that is essentially an object-subject-verb construction. The first three lines modify the "ice" which then the "wind" will "melt".

Scoop, spring, start, spring
All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with "sleeves." musubu: "weave" and "scoop", haru: "stretch [cloth]" and "spring", tatsu: "cut [cloth]" and "start [of a season]", and toku "separate" and "melt".

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