見わたせば春日の野辺に立つ霞
見まくの欲しき君が姿か
見まくの欲しき君が姿か
- Roma-ji
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Miwataseba kasuga no nobe ni tatsu kasumi mimaku no hoshiki kimi ga sugata ka
- English Translation
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When I gaze afar,
over Kasuga's broad fields
like the haze that rises,
how I long to look on it—
your figure, oh, your dear form!
- Meaning
- Like the haze I see rising over the fields of Kasuga when I look out, how I long to gaze upon your form!
- Commentary
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Book Ten Spring Love Poems 1913
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love Expressed Through Haze"
This poem sings of a beloved whose form the speaker longs to gaze on forever, as one gazes out on the haze rising over the fields of Kasuga. "Miwataseba" and "haze" in the upper lines lead into "mimaku no hoshiki," layering the act of seeing to express yearning for the beloved's form. 1872 also begins "miwataseba kasuga no nobe ni kasumi tachi," so there is a correspondence: the miscellaneous poem sings of cherry in the haze, and the love poem of the beloved's form.
The first line, "when I gaze out," is the same opening as 1872.
The second line, "in the fields of Kasuga," is the same as in 1872.
The third line, "the rising haze," with the upper lines serving as a preface leading into "mimaku."
In the fourth line, "mimaku no hoshiki," "mimaku" is the nominalized form of "mimu," giving the sense of longing to see.
In the last line, "kimi ga sugata ka," "ka" is exclamatory, closing in praise of the beloved's form.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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