ひさかたの雨の降る日をただ独り
山辺に居ればいぶせかりけり
山辺に居ればいぶせかりけり
- Roma-ji
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Hisakata no ame no furu hi o tada hitori yamabe ni oreba ibusekarikeri
- English Translation
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From the far heavens
rain comes falling all the day,
and all by myself
dwelling by the mountainside,
gloomy, heavy is my heart
- Meaning
- On a day of falling rain, sitting all alone by the mountains, how gloomy and heavy my heart is.
- Commentary
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Book Four Love Poems 769
Headnote: "A poem sent in reply by Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi to Ki no Iratsume"
Yakamochi, at the Kuni capital, sent this in reply to Ki no Iratsume. On a rainy day, sitting all alone by the mountains, his heart is heavy and gloomy. It conveys his loneliness at the Kuni capital, surrounded by hills.
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, was the son of Ōtomo no Tabito and a poet thought to have been deeply involved in compiling the Man'yōshū. He later rose to the rank of Middle Counselor.
First line, "From the far heavens," is hisakata no, a pillow word for "rain."
Second line, "rain comes falling all the day," means on a day when rain falls.
Third line, "and all by myself," means utterly alone.
Fourth line, "dwelling by the mountainside," means when I stay by the mountains.
Fifth line, "gloomy, heavy is my heart," uses ibuseshi, "gloomy," and keri: how oppressive it is.
- Author
- Otomo no Yakamochi
- Source
- Manyoshu
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