恋ひ恋ひてまれに今宵ぞあふさかの
ゆふつけ鳥は鳴かずもあらなむ
ゆふつけ鳥は鳴かずもあらなむ
- Roma-ji
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Koi koite mare ni koyoi zo ausaka no yūtsukedori wa nakazu mo aranamu
- English Translation
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Longing and longing,
tonight at last we meet
at Ōsaka, Meeting Slope;
O cock of the barrier gate,
I pray you, do not crow
- Meaning
- After longing and longing, tonight at last we meet, as at the Barrier of Osaka, the Meeting Slope; O cockerel of the barrier, I beg you, do not crow.
- Commentary
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Book Thirteen Love Poems III 634
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
Having longed and at last met tonight, the poet begs the cock that announces daybreak not to crow. With ausaka punning on "meet" and the Osaka Barrier, the poem holds both the joy of the meeting and the dread of morning.
The author is recorded as anonymous, and the name has not come down to us.
From here the book turns to poems regretting the shortness of the night of meeting, leading into the group of poems on parting at dawn.
The first line, "koi koite," means "longing and longing," repeating the verb to express long yearning.
The second line, "mare ni koyoi zo," means "at long last tonight," stressing tonight with zo and leading on to "meet."
The third line, "ausaka no," uses ausaka as a pivot word for "meet" and the Osaka Barrier on the border of Yamashiro and Omi.
The fourth line, "yūtsukedori wa," names the cock hung with mulberry-cloth tassels, associated with the Osaka Barrier and announcing daybreak.
The final line, "nakazu mo aranamu," means "I wish you would not crow," closing with the wishing particle namu.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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