足柄の箱根飛び越え行く鶴の
羨しき見れば大和し思ほゆ
羨しき見れば大和し思ほゆ
- Roma-ji
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Ashigara no hakone tobikoe yuku tazu no tomoshiki mireba yamato shi omōyu
- English Translation
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Over Ashigara
and across the Hakone peaks
the cranes fly on—
envying them as I watch,
I think of Yamato, home
- Meaning
- Watching the cranes that fly easily over the Hakone peaks of Ashigara, I envy them, and my thoughts turn to Yamato, my home.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1175
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
Seeing cranes fly lightly over the Hakone mountains, the poet envies their freedom and thinks of his home in Yamato. The contrast between the cranes moving freely through the sky and the traveler struggling over the mountains deepens his longing for home.
It is one of the poems composed on journeys, singing of travel in the eastern provinces. The last line, "I think of Yamato," also appears in poem 1219 in this book, a closing expressing longing for home while away. The poet is unknown.
The first line, "Over Ashigara," names the Ashigara district of Sagami.
The second line, "and across the Hakone peaks," has an extra syllable.
The third line, "the cranes fly on," refers to the cranes in flight.
In the fourth line, "tomoshi" means enviable: "seeing them, I envy them."
The final line, "I think of Yamato, home," is the same as the last line of poem 1219.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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