おしなべて日吉の影は曇らぬに
涙あやしき昨日今日かな
涙あやしき昨日今日かな
- Roma-ji
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Oshinabete Hiyoshi no kage wa kumoranu ni namida ayashiki kinō kyō kana
- English Translation
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Everywhere alike
the light of Hiyoshi shines
with no cloud at all—
yet strangely my tears still flow,
these days, yesterday and today.
- Meaning
- The light of Hiyoshi shines unclouded upon all alike, yet how strangely my tears have flowed, yesterday and today.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Poems on the Gods 1903
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the topic of personal grievances."
This is the third poem in the sequence on the Hiyoshi Shrine. The light of the Hiyoshi god shines unclouded upon all, yet yesterday and today the poet's tears have flowed for no clear reason. Like the preceding poem, it takes personal grievances as its topic. It contrasts the brightness of the god's grace with the poet's own clouded heart.
No author is named in the original, and the poem is treated as continuing from the author of the preceding poem, Jien.
The first line, "oshinabete," means "all alike, everywhere."
The second line, "Hiyoshi no kage wa," means "the light of the Hiyoshi god," letting the "hi" of the shrine's name echo the light of the sun.
The third line, "kumoranu ni," means "though it is not clouded," the particle "ni" expressing contrast. It corresponds to "kumori naki" in poem 1901 of this book, both telling of the unclouded light of Hiyoshi.
The fourth line, "namida ayashiki," means "tears flowing strangely"; "ayashi" conveys a strangeness whose cause one cannot tell.
The last line, "kinō kyō kana," means "these days, yesterday and today," closing with the exclamatory "kana." The unclouded light of the god is contrasted with the poet's own eyes clouded by tears.
- Author
- Jien
- Source
- Shin Kokin Wakashu
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