おもふどち春の山辺にうちむれて
そこともいはぬたびねしてしが
そこともいはぬたびねしてしが
- Roma-ji
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Omoudochi haru no yamabe ni uchimurete
soko to mo iwanu tabine shiteshi ga - English Translation
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With kindred hearts,
in the springtime hills,
together we would roam,
and, with no place in mind,
spend the night along the way.
- Meaning
- With companions of like heart, I would wander together through the spring hills and, without deciding any destination, spend the night along the way.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed on the theme of spring.
It expresses a longing to set out with kindred companions and roam freely. Though such travel may seem ordinary now, at the time it may have been an imaginative ideal, reflecting a yearning for freedom.
- Author
- Sosei Hoshi
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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