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二条の后の春の始めの御歌 | |||
An honorable poem about the start of spring by the [[Nijō Empress]] | |||
雪のうちに春はきにけり 鶯の凍れる涙今や溶くらん | |||
{{PoemPair | {{PoemPair | ||
|orig= | |orig= | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
yuki no uchi ni | |||
haru wa ki ni keri | |||
uguisu no | |||
koore-ru namida | |||
ima ya toku-ran | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
|trans= | |trans= | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
In the midst of snow | |||
It seems that spring has arrived! | |||
The warbler | |||
Its tears frozen to ice | |||
Might now be when they melt? | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
;The Nijō Empress | |||
:There have been questions raised about the appropriateness of this appellation. Due to political events she was stripped of her position in 896 and only restored posthumously in 943, so would it have been appropriate to call her the "Nijō Empress" when the KKS was compiled? Keichū and most later commentators have suggested that this prose preface was modified after 943, a theory that is made more attractive by the fact that [[Ki no Tsurayuki|Tsurayuki]]'s ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' lists this poem as "author unknown." However, all the existing manuscripts of the KKS read "Nijō Empress". Because of this, Katagiri suggests that since she was the Nijō Empress at the time this poem was written, it was appropriate to refer to her in that way in the preface despite her loss of rank. Perhaps Emperor Daigo allowed it at some point after her death in 910. | |||
;The midst of snow | |||
:"The midst the snow" can be either "while snow is falling" or "when snow is on the ground." The first two lines are identical with [[KKS 1|poem 1]] except with "snow" instead of "year." | |||
;tears | |||
:As in English, ''naku'' can refer both to the sound of bird and the crying of a human, so the "tears" as used in association with that. | |||
Other sources: | Other sources: | ||
* ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' | ''[[ | * ''[[Kokin waka rokujō]]'' | ''[[Shinsen waka]]'' | ||
* ''[[Korai fūteishō]]'' | ''[[Teika hachidaishō]]'' | |||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 1 June 2026
Text
二条の后の春の始めの御歌
An honorable poem about the start of spring by the Nijō Empress
雪のうちに春はきにけり 鶯の凍れる涙今や溶くらん
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yuki no uchi ni |
In the midst of snow |
Notes
- The Nijō Empress
- There have been questions raised about the appropriateness of this appellation. Due to political events she was stripped of her position in 896 and only restored posthumously in 943, so would it have been appropriate to call her the "Nijō Empress" when the KKS was compiled? Keichū and most later commentators have suggested that this prose preface was modified after 943, a theory that is made more attractive by the fact that Tsurayuki's Shinsen waka lists this poem as "author unknown." However, all the existing manuscripts of the KKS read "Nijō Empress". Because of this, Katagiri suggests that since she was the Nijō Empress at the time this poem was written, it was appropriate to refer to her in that way in the preface despite her loss of rank. Perhaps Emperor Daigo allowed it at some point after her death in 910.
- The midst of snow
- "The midst the snow" can be either "while snow is falling" or "when snow is on the ground." The first two lines are identical with poem 1 except with "snow" instead of "year."
- tears
- As in English, naku can refer both to the sound of bird and the crying of a human, so the "tears" as used in association with that.
Other sources:
