在千潟あり慰めて行かめども
家なる妹いいふかしみせむ
家なる妹いいふかしみせむ
- Roma-ji
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Arichigata ari nagusamete yukamedomo ie naru imo i ibukashimi semu
- English Translation
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Like Arichigata,
I'll go on, my heart consoled
as I travel on,
but my wife at home, I fear,
will be fretting over me
- Meaning
- Like Arichigata, I will go on consoling myself as I travel, but my wife at home must be anxious about me.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3161
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Leading from the name Arichigata to "ari nagusamete," going on consoled, the poet thinks that while he travels on comforting himself, his wife at home must be anxious about him. It contrasts the feelings of the traveler and the wife waiting at home.
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, "Arichigata," is the name of a tidal flat whose location is unknown, leading through the sound "ari" to "ari nagusamete."
Line two, "ari nagusamete," means "going on consoling myself."
Line three, "yukamedomo," means "though I travel on."
Line four, "ie naru imo i," means "my wife at home," with "i" an emphatic particle.
Line five, "ibukashimi semu," means "she will be anxious," a word also found in poem 3106 in this book.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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