みよし野のたのむの雁もひたぶるに
君が方にぞよると鳴くなる
君が方にぞよると鳴くなる
- Roma-ji
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Miyoshino no tanomu no kari mo hitaburu ni
kimi ga kata ni zo yoru to naku naru - English Translation
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On Miyoshino’s fields,
the trusting wild geese too,
all in earnest,
cry as they draw near
toward your side.
- Meaning
- On the fields of Miyoshino, even the trusting wild geese, in all earnestness, cry as they draw near toward your side; so too does my daughter turn her heart toward you.
- Commentary
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Episode Ten: "The trusting wild geese"
A man traveled aimlessly as far as Musashi Province and sought to marry a young woman who lived there. The girl’s father intended to give her to another man, but her mother, being of Fujiwara lineage, was particular about rank.
This poem was composed by the mother in reply to the man’s proposal.
The "Miyoshino" that forms the setting of this episode is said to be around present-day Miyoshino in Sakado Town, Iruma District, Saitama Prefecture, though there is also a view that it refers to Kawagoe City.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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Na ni shi owaba iza koto towamu miyakodori
waga omou hito wa ari ya nashi ya to - Next Poem
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Waga kata ni yoru to naku naru Miyoshino no
tanomu no kari o itsuka wasuremu