うちとけて寝ぬものゆゑに夢を見て
物思ひまさる頃にもあるかな
物思ひまさる頃にもあるかな
- Roma-ji
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Uchitokete nenu mono yue ni yume o mite monoomoi masaru koro ni mo aru kana
- English Translation
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Though I never slept
at ease, my heart unguarded,
still I see a dream;
and my brooding deepens so
all throughout these present days
- Meaning
- Though I have not slept at ease, I see you in my dreams, and these days my brooding only grows deeper.
- Commentary
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Book Fifteen Love Poems V 1381
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown."
This is the second poem of the dream sequence. Though not sleeping at ease, the speaker dreams of the beloved, and the brooding only grows. The headnote gives no topic, and the circumstances of composition are not recorded.
The author, "Consultant Takamura," is Ono no Takamura. A son of Consultant Ono no Minemori, he was appointed vice-envoy to Tang China but refused to board the ship and was exiled to Oki; later pardoned, he rose to Consultant.
The first line, "uchitokete," means "relaxing, with an unguarded heart."
In the second line, "nenu mono yue ni," "mono yue ni" is concessive: "though I did not sleep." Taking up the "doze" of the preceding poem, it says the speaker has not even slept properly.
The third line, "yume o mite," refers, as in the preceding poem, to seeing the beloved in a dream.
The fourth line, "monoomoi masaru," means "brooding increases," and runs over the syllable count. Taking up "mono o koso omoe," the last line of the preceding poem, it shows the brooding growing further.
The last line, "koro ni mo aru kana," closes with the exclamatory "kana." It shows not a single dream but continuing days in which each dream deepens the brooding.
- Author
- Ono no Takamura
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
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