いへばえにいわねば胸にさわがれて
心ひとつに歎くころかな
心ひとつに歎くころかな
- Roma-ji
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Ieba e ni iwaneba mune ni sawagarete
kokoro hitotsu ni nageku koro kana - English Translation
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If I would speak it,
I cannot; if I speak not,
my breast is troubled,
and within a single heart
I grieve alone in these days.
- Meaning
- When I try to speak, I cannot; if I do not speak, my heart is disturbed within my breast, and so in my heart alone I grieve these days.
- Commentary
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Episode Thirty-Four: "If I would speak it"
A certain man sent this poem to a woman who did not in the least incline her heart toward him and was cold.
Though she was unfeeling, he could not give her up. Without shame or pride, and without thinking what might come of sending it, he could not restrain the desire simply to have her know his feelings.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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