後れ居て我れはや恋ひむ春霞
たなびく山を君が越え去なば
たなびく山を君が越え去なば
- Roma-ji
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Okureite are wa ya koimu harugasumi tanabiku yama o kimi ga koeinaba
- English Translation
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Left behind alone,
shall I be longing after you,
when the spring haze
trails across the mountainside
and you have crossed and gone?
- Meaning
- Left behind, how I shall long for you once you have crossed the mountain where the spring haze trails.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Love Poems 1771
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems from a banquet held on the banks of the Miwa River when Lord Ōmiwa was appointed governor of Nagato"
Thinking of one who will cross the mountain veiled in spring haze, the speaker grieves at parting, knowing that she, left behind, will go on longing. The mountain vanishing into haze deepens the feeling for the departing one.
This is the second of the two poems from the farewell banquet by the Miwa River, sung from the side of those seeing him off. According to the left note, it comes from an old collection. Lord Ōmiwa is thought to be Ōmiwa no Takechimaro, appointed governor of Nagato in the second year of Taihō (702). Takechimaro is known for remonstrating against Empress Jitō's progress to Ise because it would hinder farm work.
The first line, "left behind alone," is the same as the first line of 1681, and the next poem, 1772, begins the same way.
The second line, "shall I be longing after you," pairs ya with the attributive mu in a kakari-musubi. It is also the same as the second line of the next poem, placing two laments of those left behind side by side.
The third line, "when the spring haze," names the haze that veils mountains in spring.
The fourth line, "trails across the mountainside," describes the haze lying across the peak.
The final line, "and you have crossed and gone," places the condition of parting last through inversion.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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