明日の日はその門行かむ出でて見よ
恋ひたる姿あまたしるけむ
恋ひたる姿あまたしるけむ
- Roma-ji
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Asu no hi wa sono kado yukamu idete miyo koitaru sugata amata shirukemu
- English Translation
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Tomorrow, I'll go
right past your gate;
come out and look,
how love has worn me down
you will see quite plainly then
- Meaning
- Tomorrow I will pass by your gate; come out and look, and you will see plainly how love has worn me down.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts Directly 2948
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts Directly"
The poet calls out that he will pass the beloved's gate tomorrow and asks her to come out and see how worn down by love he is. Its distinctive idea is to appeal to her with his appearance rather than words.
The poet is unknown. Book Twelve, titled the second part of "Love Poems Exchanged Old and New," gathers love poems by people whose names have not come down to us, arranged by category.
Line one, "asu no hi wa," means "tomorrow."
Line two, "sono kado yukamu," means "I will go past your gate," and the poem pauses here.
Line three, "idete miyo," is an imperative calling to her, "come out and look."
Line four, "koitaru sugata," means "a figure worn by love."
Line five, "amata shirukemu," means "it will be very plain," seeking to show love's suffering through appearance.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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