人皆の笠に縫ふといふ有間菅
ありて後にも逢はむとぞ思ふ
ありて後にも逢はむとぞ思ふ
- Roma-ji
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Hitomina no kasa ni nuu to iu Arimasuge arite nochi ni mo awamu to zo omou
- English Translation
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The sedge of Arima
that everyone, they say,
sews into their hats;
I'll live on, and later still
I mean to meet with you
- Meaning
- Like the Arima sedge that everyone, they say, sews into their hats, I will live on and meet you later, I am sure.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts through Things 3064
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts through Things"
Using the Arima sedge that everyone sews into hats as an introduction, the poet resolves to live on and meet the beloved one day. Leading from "ari" in Arimasuge to "arite," living on, it expresses resolve toward a future meeting.
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, "hitomina no," means "everyone."
Line two, "kasa ni nuu to iu," means "who sew it into hats, they say," a hypermetric line of eight syllables.
Line three, "Arimasuge," is sedge from Arima in Settsu, and the lines up to here form an introduction leading through the sound "ari" to "arite."
Line four, "arite nochi ni mo," means "living on, later still."
Line five, "awamu to zo omou": "zo" is concluded by the attributive "omou," showing resolve to meet one day.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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