kozutaeba / ono ga hakaze ni / chiru hana o / tare ni oosete / kokora nakuramu

[larryhammer]

There's-a-word-for-it moment of the week: 羽風, pronounced hakaze -- "wing-wind," or as the dictionary puts it, "breeze caused by wings flapping."

To be distinguished from the hakaze written 葉風, which means "breeze rustling through leaves."

(Literal, rough translation of the subject: "As it flies from branch to branch / with its own wing-wind / flowers that scatter, alas. / Who does it (try to) blame / (as) it many(-times) cries out?" Yes, going from branch to branch also has its own compound verb.)

---L.

Comments

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Oh I love the idea of a wing-wind. That is just so perfect.

[larryhammer]

Innit?

---L.