いとどしく過ぎゆくかたの恋しきに
うらやましくもかへる浪かな
うらやましくもかへる浪かな
- Roma-ji
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Itodoshiku sugiyuku kata no koishiki ni
urayamashiku mo kaeru nami kana - English Translation
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All the more, as I go farther on,
how I long for the place I have left—
how enviable are the waves
that return again.
- Meaning
- As I go ever farther on, I long for the place I have left behind; how enviable are the waves that return again.
- Commentary
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Episode Seven: "How enviable are the returning waves"
A man, finding it painful to remain in the capital, went to the Eastern Provinces.
As he passed along the seacoast near the border of Ise and Owari, and saw the white-crested waves, he composed this poem.
Though he left because it had become difficult to live there, the poem expresses the feelings of a man of the capital, tormented by unbearable homesickness and lingering attachment during his journey.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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