#143 Today is the day when summer leaves and autumn comes..
What verse?
verse: |
Natsu to aki to, yuki-kafu sora no, kayohi di ha, kata he suzusi ki, kaze ya fuku ramu |
(imho): |
Today is the day when summer leaves and autumn comes. On the roads in the sky where the two passes each other, a cool breeze should be blowing only on one side. |
poet: |
Oshikochi, Mitsune |
in: |
before 913 |
It is the middle of August, and the lingering heat is still severe on the ground, but the coolness should have already arrived in the sky: this poem was created by such a imagination. The past poet was personify the seasons, and likened they come from and go to the sky.