恋しけく日長きものを逢ふべくある
宵だに君が来まさずあるらむ
宵だに君が来まさずあるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Koishikeku kenagaki mono o aubeku aru yoi dani kimi ga kimasazu aruramu
- English Translation
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The time of longing
is so long, so many days,
yet on this evening
when at last we're meant to meet,
why is it you do not come?
- Meaning
- The days of longing are so long—so why is it that even on this evening when we are meant to meet, you do not come?
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2039
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Tanabata"
This poem, in the Weaver's voice, laments why the Herdsman does not come even on this evening when they may meet, though the days of longing are so long. On the very night awaited for a year, anxiety and impatience at the other's delay show through. Like the preceding two poems it uses the phrase "kenagaki mono o," continuing the lament premised on long days of separation.
The first line, "koishikeku," is the nominalized form of "koishi": the longing.
The second line, "kenagaki mono o," though the days are long, is the same as in the preceding poem.
The third line, "when we may meet," is hypermetric.
In the fourth line, "yoi dani kimi ga," "dani" means even: even on the evening we should meet.
In the last line, "kimasazu aruramu," "masu" is honorific and "ramu" conjectures the cause, closing with worry over why he does not come.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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