思はずはありもすらめどことのはの
をりふしごとに頼まるるかな
をりふしごとに頼まるるかな
- Roma-ji
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Omowazu wa ari mo suramedo koto no ha no
orifushi goto ni tanomaruru kana - English Translation
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You may well remain
Without thinking of me now—
So it might indeed;
Yet at every passing word,
I find myself trusting still.
- Meaning
- You may well live on without thinking of me at all; yet whenever I recall your words at each passing occasion, I cannot help but place my trust in them.
- Commentary
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55. At Every Passing Occasion
A certain man had set his heart upon a woman. When he could no longer make her his own, he composed this poem.
Though he understands it with his reason, he cannot wholly resign himself; the poem expresses the lingering attachment of a man unable to give her up.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
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