葦辺より満ちくる潮のいやましに
君に心を思ひますかな
君に心を思ひますかな
- Roma-ji
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Ashibe yori michikuru shio no iyamashi ni
kimi ni kokoro o omoimasu kana - English Translation
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From the reed-grown shore
as the tide comes rising in
and ever increases,
so toward you my heart
thinks and ever more swells on.
- Meaning
- Like the tide that comes in from the reed-grown shore and rises ever higher, so my feelings for you grow stronger and stronger.
- Commentary
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Episode Thirty-Three: "The rising tide"
A certain man was visiting a woman in the Ubara district of the province of Settsu.
The woman seemed to think that once the man returned to the capital, he would not come again.
Seeing her thus, the man composed this poem.
Whether he meant to comfort her, or to deceive her, is uncertain.
The Ubara district of Settsu corresponds to the area around present-day Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture. As this region was land belonging to Prince Aho, the father of Ariwara no Narihira, the man is thought to have been Narihira.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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