見るめかるかたやいづこぞ棹させて
我に教へよあまの釣舟
我に教へよあまの釣舟
- Roma-ji
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Mirume karu kata ya izuko zo sao sasete
ware ni oshie yo ama no tsuribune - English Translation
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Where do seaweeds grow,
Where the miru may be cut?
Row there with your pole—
Tell me where it lies for me,
O fisher boat of the sea.
- Meaning
- Where is the inlet where the seaweed called miru may be cut? Row your fishing boat there and show me the place, telling me, "Here it is."
- Commentary
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70. The Fisher Boat of the Sea
When a certain man returned from his duty as an official of the hunt, he lodged at the ferry crossing of the inlet of Ōyodo.
The poem was addressed to a young serving girl who attended the Saigū.
This episode serves as a later continuation of the events of section sixty-nine. Though both longed strongly to meet again, the man had returned without seeing her, and perhaps he could not give up hope. In the poem he asks where he might meet the Saigū and asks to be shown the place and guided there.
Ōyodo refers to a coastal inlet in what is now Taki District in Mie Prefecture.
"Sao sashi" carries a double meaning: to row a boat with a pole and also to point the way toward a direction.
- Source
- Ise Monogatari
- Other
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- In the darkened heart, Clouded deep in gloom and doubt, I have lost my way— Whether dream or waking life, Tonight let it be decided.
- Where men pass on foot, Crossing yet without wet hems, Such a bond we share— Still, the gate of Ausaka Once again I shall cross.
- Though fiercely guarded, Even the sacred hedge Of the gods I’d cross— Such is my longing to see One who comes from the court.
- If you long for me, Then come and see me yourself— For it is no path That even the mighty gods Forbid us to follow.