相思はずあるらむ子ゆゑ玉の緒の
長き春日を思ひ暮らさく
長き春日を思ひ暮らさく
- Roma-ji
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Aiomowazu aruramu ko yue tama no o no nagaki haruhi o omoikurasaku
- English Translation
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She who loves me not,
it must be so, for her sake,
like a string of jewels
through the long, long day of spring
I pass the hours thinking still.
- Meaning
- For the sake of a girl who surely does not love me, I spend this long spring day, long as a jewel string, lost in thoughts of her.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Spring Love Poems 1936
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems in Dialogue"
This poem laments spending the long spring day thinking of someone who probably does not return the love, and it closes the Spring Love Poems. It has nearly the same sense as 1934, replacing the pillow word "suga no ne no" with "tama no o no." The spring love section thus ends with a lament over spending long spring days in longing.
The first line, "aiomowazu," not loving in return, is hypermetric and has the same sense as the opening of 1934.
In the second line, "aruramu ko yue," "ramu" is present conjecture and "yue" marks cause: for a girl who likely does not.
The third line, "tama no o no," is a pillow word for "long," from the length of a cord threading jewels, functioning like "suga no ne no" in 1934.
The fourth line, "the long spring day," is a phrase repeated throughout the spring love poems.
In the last line, "omoikurasaku," "ku" forms a nominalization, giving the sense of spending the day in thought. It closes the spring love poems with a sigh.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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