有明の同じながめは君も問へ
都のほかも秋の山里
都のほかも秋の山里
- Roma-ji
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Ariake no onaji nagame wa kimi mo toe miyako no hoka mo aki no yamazato
- English Translation
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The same dawn-moon gaze
I share—you should ask of it
from me in turn, too:
beyond the capital's bounds,
here too is an autumn hamlet.
- Meaning
- You should be the one to ask about my gazing at the same dawn moon—for it is not only beyond the capital; here, too, is an autumn mountain village.
- Commentary
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Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1546
Headnote: "Reply."
This is the third and last poem of the sequence on the moon of mountain village and capital, Princess Shokushi's reply to Prince Koreaki's poem in the preceding poem. She answers that he should be the one to ask about her, who gazes in the same way at the dawn moon.
The author, "Princess Shokushi," was a daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. She became Kamo Priestess when young, and after stepping down took the tonsure.
The first line, "ariake no," takes up "ariake no tsuki," the last line of the preceding poem.
The second line, "onaji nagame wa," means "gazing in the same way, lost in thought." To "omoiyare" in the preceding poem, she answers that she has the same feelings.
The third line, "kimi mo toe," is imperative, meaning "you should ask," and the poem breaks after the third line. She turns "omoiyare" of the preceding poem back, asking that he imagine her feelings too.
The fourth line, "miyako no hoka mo," means "beyond the capital, too." It takes up "miyako oboyuru" of the preceding poem.
The last line, "aki no yamazato," ends on a noun. It is understood to say that not only Prince Koreaki's dwelling outside the capital, but her own too, is lonely like an autumn mountain village, laying their loneliness together to close the exchange.
- Author
- Princess Shokushi
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
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