明日よりは我れは恋ひむな名欲山
岩踏み平し君が越え去なば
岩踏み平し君が越え去なば
- Roma-ji
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Asu yori wa are wa koimu na nahoriyama iwa fuminarashi kimi ga koeinaba
- English Translation
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From tomorrow on
how I shall be longing for you,
when Mount Nahori,
treading down its rugged rocks,
you have crossed and gone away.
- Meaning
- From tomorrow on I shall long for you, once you have crossed Mount Nahori, treading its rocks underfoot.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Love Poems 1778
Headnote: "A poem sent by a maiden when Fujii no Muraji was transferred and went up to the capital"
Once her beloved has crossed Mount Nahori, treading its rocks underfoot, the speaker says, from tomorrow she will long for him. Picturing him crossing the rugged mountain road, she expresses the grief of being left behind.
According to the headnote, a maiden sent this poem when Fujii no Muraji, his term ended, went up to the capital. The maiden's name is not recorded. Some place Mount Nahori in Bungo (around present-day Taketa, Ōita). Like 1771 in this book, it closes on "you have crossed and gone," expressing longing after parting.
The first line, "from tomorrow on," sets the time of parting.
The second line, "how I shall be longing for you," ends with the exclamatory na, and the poem pauses here.
The third line, "when Mount Nahori," names the mountain he will cross.
The fourth line, "treading down its rugged rocks," depicts the steep road; the next poem has the same fourth line.
The final line, "you have crossed and gone away," is the same as the final line of 1771, both lamenting from the side of those left behind.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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