Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.40 平兼盛「忍ぶれど 色に出でにけり わが恋は 物や思ふと 人の問ふまで」

忍ぶれど 色に出でにけり わが恋は 物や思ふと 人の問ふまで

平兼盛

I hid it perfectly — until someone asked me why

I hid it perfectly — until someone asked me why

キーワードKeywords

ConcealmentLeaking EmotionBeing AskedBlushSignal Bleed
Love

平兼盛Taira no Kanemori — No. 40 官人Official

One of the thirty-six immortal poets, said to have beaten Tadami with this very poem at the palace poetry contest of 960.

しのぶれど いろにいでにけり わがこひは ものやおもふと ひとのとふまで

Shinoburedo Iro ni ide ni keri Waga koi wa Mono ya omou to Hito no tou made

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A formal room, polite conversation, nothing happening. He has said nothing, revealed nothing, kept his voice level for weeks. Then a colleague looks at him a beat too long and asks: is something on your mind? The concealment failed at some point he cannot identify.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Shibumi (Restraint That Leaks)

Total suppression is not the goal; controlled leakage is. The most affecting performances hold back until one syllable slips, and the listener notices before the singer does. Build the wall carefully, then let exactly one thing through.