人の見て言とがめせぬ夢にだに
やまず見えこそ我が恋やまむ
やまず見えこそ我が恋やまむ
- Roma-ji
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Hito no mite kototogame senu ime ni dani yamazu mie koso aga koi yamamu
- English Translation
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Where people who see
can find no fault with us,
in dreams at least,
come to me without a pause,
then my longing would be stilled
- Meaning
- At least in dreams, where no one who sees can find fault, appear to me without ceasing; then my longing might be eased.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts Directly 2958
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts Directly"
The poet wishes the beloved would appear ceaselessly at least in dreams, where there is no need to fear others' eyes, for then love's pain might ease. The variant in the left note gives the first two lines as "hitome ōmi tada ni wa awazu."
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, "hito no mite," means "when people see," the same opening as poem 2912 in this book.
Line two, "kototogame senu," means "who do not reproach."
Line three, "ime ni dani," means "at least in dreams."
Line four, "yamazu mie koso," means "appear without ceasing," and the poem pauses here.
Line five, "aga koi yamamu," means "my longing would cease," with "yamazu" in line four echoing "yamamu" in line five.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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