いで我が駒早く行きこそ真土山
待つらむ妹を行きて早見む
待つらむ妹を行きて早見む
- Roma-ji
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Ide aga koma hayaku yuki koso Matsuchiyama matsuramu imo o yukite haya mimu
- English Translation
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Come, my good horse,
make haste, I beg you, hurry on;
Mount Matsuchi,
she must be waiting there,
let me reach her soon and see her
- Meaning
- Come, my horse, hurry on; past Mount Matsuchi, "waiting," my wife must be waiting, and I want to reach her soon.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3154
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
A man hurrying home urges his horse on toward his wife, who must be waiting, like the name of Mount Matsuchi. The echo between "matsu" in Matsuchi and "matsu," to wait, carries his longing for her.
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, "ide aga koma," means "come, my horse," a hypermetric line of six syllables.
Line two, "hayaku yuki koso," means "please hurry on," with "koso" expressing a wish. The poem pauses here.
Line three, "Matsuchiyama," is a mountain on the border of Yamato and Kii, leading through its sound to "matsu," to wait. The same mountain appears in poem 3009 in this book.
Line four, "matsuramu imo o," means "my wife, who must be waiting."
Line five, "yukite haya mimu," means "let me go and see her soon," showing eagerness on the road home.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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