海人小舟泊瀬の山に降る雪の
日長く恋ひし君が音ぞする
日長く恋ひし君が音ぞする
- Roma-ji
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Amaobune hatsuse no yama ni furu yuki no kenagaku koishi kimi ga oto zo suru
- English Translation
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Fisher's little boat—
on the mountain of Hatsuse
like the falling snow,
long, so long, I've longed for you,
and I hear your footsteps now!
- Meaning
- Like the snow that falls on the mountain of Hatsuse, I have longed for you for so many days—and now I hear the sound of your coming!
- Commentary
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Book Ten Winter Love Poems 2347
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love Expressed Through Snow"
This poem rejoices at hearing the footsteps of the beloved the speaker has long longed for, as snow falls day after day on the mountain of Hatsuse. Among the many winter love poems lamenting not meeting, this one sings of joy at the beloved who has finally come. "Kenagaku," for long days, is said also to echo "ke nagaku," snow long unmelted.
The first line, "amaobune," a fisher's small boat, is a pillow word for "Hatsuse," from boats "hatsu," mooring, in harbor.
The second line, "on the mountain of Hatsuse," names the place in Yamato.
The third line, "like the falling snow," with the upper lines forming a preface leading into "kenagaku."
In the fourth line, "kenagaku koishi," "shi" is the attributive of the past "ki": whom I longed for so long.
In the last line, "kimi ga oto zo suru," "zo" is an emphatic particle in kakari-musubi with the attributive "suru," closing with joy at the beloved's footsteps.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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