忘るなよほどは雲ゐになりぬとも
空ゆく月のめぐり逢ふまで
空ゆく月のめぐり逢ふまで
- Roma-ji
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Wasuru na yo hodo wa kumoi ni narinu tomo
sora yuku tsuki no meguriau made - English Translation
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Forget me not,
though for a time I seem
lost in the clouds,
until, like the moon that crosses the sky,
we meet again.
- Meaning
- Forget me not, though for a time I may seem lost in the clouds; until, like the moon that crosses the sky, we meet again.
- Commentary
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Episode Eleven: "Forget me not"
When a man went to the Eastern Provinces, he sent this poem to his friends from along the journey.
This poem is also included in the Shin Hyakunin Isshu compiled in the Muromachi period.
It is a poem by Tachibana no Tadamoto recorded in the Shūi Collection, and is thought to have been cited from there.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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