Hana Sandai
花三題
| [Genre] | Sokyoku |
| [Composed] | Nakanoshima Kin'ichi - Koto |
History (Tsuge Gen'ichi):
| Hana sandai ('Three Bouquets') is a rather modern vocal piece composed in 1935. The composer chose three waka poems from Book Ten of the Kokin waka shu, a tenth century anthology of poems. Each of them contains a play on the word of the flower to which it is dedicated: namely Sobi (sauhi), 'rose,' kichiko, 'bellflower,' and shiwoni 'aster.' |
Poem (translated by Tsuge Gen'ichi)
| Rose On this morn For the first time Did I see such a color. What a bewitching thing, The rose. Bellflower Fall closes On the fields. Leaves of the bellflower In white dew Are changing color. Aster To see the asters Of my old haunts Did I return - But the fragrance Was already gone. | (maebiki) Ware wa kesa uhi ni zo mitsuru hana no iro wo adanaru mono to iubekarikeri (ai) Aki chikoo no wa narinikeri shiratsuyu no okeru kusaba mo iro kawari yuku (ainote) Furihaete iza furusato no hana minto koshi wo nioi zo utsuroinikeru |