Saga no Haru
嵯峨の春
| [Genre] | Jiuta |
| [Style] | Tegotomono |
| [School] | Ikuta Ryû - 生田 |
| [Also Known As] | Spring in Saga |
| [Composed] | Urazaki Kengyo - Koto |
| Matsuura Kengyō - Shamisen |
Poem (translated by John Tedford)
| Just as I saw it last year in the middle of March: the springtime in Saga. The mountain cherry of Arashi-yama, its color and fragrance unchanging, is like a wedding banquet of. blossoms. The flowers have scattered but petals still linger in my heart and disturb my thoughts. And again this spring they come back [to brighten up] my life of misery. I set forth to fetch water from the River Oi I wish I were a flowered raft floating downstream and escaping; a flower to be taken in hand and redeemed from bondage. I have none to blame but myself, that I wander hopelessly. II I am to be redeemed, it will be only through the Buddha's mercy [which commands] "Journey one by one to the temples of Saga." The waterwheel which blocks the river at Risen-ji spins at the mercy of the waves. The branches of the river willow are at the mercy of the rushing water. The ruffled sparrow is at the mercy of the [wind in the] bamboo. The bull in Kyoto is at the mercy of the ox-cart [driver] The hand-mill for tea is at the mercy of its crooked handle. And I am at the mercy, at the mercy of my rampant passion. This precious jewel of life rushes to its end on a river of suffering love. My bed has become a deep abyss of midnight trysts and partings. | 一 こぞ見にし、弥生なかばの嵯峨の春。嵐の山の山桜、 三 嵯峨の寺々、廻らば廻はれ。水車の輪のりんせんぜきの川波、 都の牛は車に揉まるる、茶臼はひきぎに揉まるる、 |
Saga no Haru appears on the following albums
| Album | Artist | |
| Sagano no Shirabe |
Voice : Kikuhara Hatsuko Koto : Kikumitsu Yoshie Shamisen : Kikuhara Koji | |
| Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 2 |
Koto : Kanō Hiroe Voice : Matsuo Keiko Koto : Matsuo Keiko |