妹が手を取石の池の波の間ゆ
鳥が音異に鳴く秋過ぎぬらし
鳥が音異に鳴く秋過ぎぬらし
- Roma-ji
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Imo ga te o toroshi no ike no nami no ma yu tori ga ne ke ni naku aki suginurashi
- English Translation
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Taking my love's hand—
at the pond of Toroshi
from between the waves
birds cry out in a changed voice;
autumn has passed by, it seems.
- Meaning
- From between the waves of Toroshi Pond—its name recalling taking my beloved's hand—the birds cry out in a different voice. Autumn, it seems, has passed.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2166
Headnote: "On Birds"
This poem hears the birds crying from the waves of Toroshi Pond in a voice different from usual and infers that autumn has passed. Its headnote is "On Birds." It shows a keen sensibility that knows the deepening season by a change in birdsong. The opening "imo ga te o," taking a beloved's hand, is a preface leading into "Toroshi," adding a lover's mood to the autumn scene.
The first line, "imo ga te o," leads into the "toru," take, of "Toroshi" from the sense of taking a beloved's hand.
In the second line, "of Toroshi Pond," the pond is thought to have been in Izumi Province, around present-day Takaishi, Osaka.
In the third line, "nami no ma yu," "yu" marks the route: from between the waves.
In the fourth line, "tori ga ne ke ni naku," "ke ni" means differently from usual, and the poem breaks here.
In the last line, "aki suginurashi," "rashi" marks grounded inference, closing by inferring from the changed birdsong that autumn has passed.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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