鈴鹿山憂き世をよそにふり捨てて
いかになりゆくわが身なるらん
いかになりゆくわが身なるらん
- Roma-ji
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Suzukayama ukiyo o yoso ni furisutete ika ni nariyuku waga mi naruran
- English Translation
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Mount Suzuka—
the weary world left aside,
shaken off and cast away,
what will become of me now,
what will this self of mine be?
- Meaning
- Crossing Mount Suzuka, I have shaken off this weary world as nothing to do with me—yet what will become of me now?
- Commentary
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Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1613
Headnote: "Composed when I went to Ise."
This is a single poem on Mount Suzuka, taking up the poems on the bays of Ise and moving to the mountains. Crossing Mount Suzuka, the poet has shaken off the weary world, yet wonders what will become of him. According to the headnote, it was composed when he went down to Ise.
The author, "Saigyō Hōshi," was named Satō Norikiyo in lay life. A guard in the service of Retired Emperor Toba, he took holy orders at the age of twenty-three.
Mount Suzuka stands on the border of Ise and Ōmi provinces, where the Suzuka Barrier was set. It is the mountain crossed by the road from the capital to Ise.
The first line, "Suzukayama," is the mountain on the road to Ise. From "suzu," "bell," in its name, the "furi" of the third line and the "nari" of the fourth are drawn in as associated words.
The second line, "ukiyo o yoso ni," means "treating the weary world as something apart from me."
The third line, "furisutete," pivots on "furi," both "shaking off" and "shaking" a bell.
The fourth line, "ika ni nariyuku," pivots on "nari," both "becoming" and a bell's "ringing."
The last line, "waga mi naruran," means "what will this self of mine be?" "Ran" expresses present conjecture, voicing unease about the future of one who has cast off the world.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
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