我が宿の尾花押しなべ置く露に
手触れ我妹子散らまくも見む
手触れ我妹子散らまくも見む
- Roma-ji
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Waga yado no obana oshinabe oku tsuyu ni te fure wagimoko chiramaku mo mimu
- English Translation
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At my own dwelling
bending down the pampas plumes
lies the heavy dew—
touch it with your hand, my love,
let us watch it scatter down.
- Meaning
- Touch the dew weighing down the pampas plumes at my home, my darling—let us watch it scatter.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2172
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Dew"
This poem urges the beloved to touch the dew weighing down the pampas plumes at home, so they may watch it scatter. It shows an affectionate heart that wishes to enjoy the fleeting beauty of scattering dew together with the beloved. Like 2167, which urged a wife to listen to the shrike, it seeks to share an autumn scene with a beloved.
The first line, "of my dwelling," names the place.
The second line, "bending down the pampas plumes," shows the dew's weight.
The third line, "the dew that lies," names what is to be touched.
The fourth line, "te fure wagimoko," touch it, my darling, is an imperative address; the poem breaks here.
In the last line, "chiramaku mo mimu," "maku" is the nominalized "mu" and the final "mu" expresses intention, closing with the wish to watch the dew fall.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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