石走る垂水の水のはしきやし
君に恋ふらく我が心から
君に恋ふらく我が心から
- Roma-ji
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Iwabashiru tarumi no mizu no hashikiyashi kimi ni kouraku waga kokoro kara
- English Translation
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Like the waterfall
that rushes over rocks,
my dearest one,
that I long for you so
comes from my own heart
- Meaning
- Like water rushing over the rocks of a cascade, my longing for you, my dear, springs from my own heart.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts through Things 3025
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts through Things"
The poet admits that the longing for the beloved comes from no one but the poet's own heart. The force of water rushing over a cascade impresses on us an irrepressible love.
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, "iwabashiru," meaning "rushing over rocks," is a pillow word for "tarumi," a waterfall.
Line two, "tarumi no mizu no," means "of the waterfall's water," and the lines up to here form an introduction leading through the sound "hashi" to "hashikiyashi."
Line three, "hashikiyashi," means "dear, beloved."
Line four, "kimi ni kouraku," means "that I long for you," "kouraku" being the nominalized form of "kou."
Line five, "waga kokoro kara," means "comes from my own heart," admitting that this love is no one's fault but the poet's own.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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