朝霞止まずたなびく龍田山
舟出せむ日は我れ恋ひむかも
舟出せむ日は我れ恋ひむかも
- Roma-ji
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Asagasumi yamazu tanabiku tatsutayama funade semu hi wa are koimu kamo
- English Translation
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Morning haze
trails endlessly across it,
Tatsuta Mountain—
on the day I set out by sea
how I shall long for it!
- Meaning
- Mount Tatsuta, where the morning haze trails without end—on the day I set sail I shall long for it, I know.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1181
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
The poet says that on the day he sets sail from Naniwa he will long for Mount Tatsuta, where the morning haze always trails. Mount Tatsuta, on the border of Yamato and Kawachi, was a mountain that made travelers leaving Yamato feel their parting from home.
It is one of the poems composed on journeys, thinking of Yamato before setting out by ship from Naniwa. The poet is unknown.
The first line, "Morning haze," refers to the mist of early morning.
The second line, "trails endlessly across it," means it lingers without ceasing.
The third line names Mount Tatsuta on the Yamato-Kawachi border, on the road from Yamato to Naniwa.
The fourth line, "on the day I set out by sea," means the day of departure by ship.
In the final line, "mu kamo" adds exclamation to conjecture; it echoes "I shall long for it, I know" in the second line of poem 1179.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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