みをつくし心尽して思へかも
ここにももとな夢にし見ゆる
ここにももとな夢にし見ゆる
- Roma-ji
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Miotsukushi kokoro tsukushite omoe kamo koko ni mo motona ime ni shi miyuru
- English Translation
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Like the channel stakes,
with all my heart worn out in thought
I think of you;
is that why even here, so often,
you come to me in dreams
- Meaning
- Is it because I think of you with all my heart, worn thin like the channel stakes, that even here you keep appearing in my dreams?
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3162
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Perhaps because the poet thinks of the beloved with all the heart, the beloved keeps appearing in dreams even on the journey. Against the belief that one appears in dreams when thought of, it speaks of longing that persists even on the road.
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, "miotsukushi," the stakes marking a boat channel, is a pillow word leading through the sound "tsukushi" to "kokoro tsukushite."
Line two, "kokoro tsukushite," means "with all my heart."
Line three, "omoe kamo," means "is it because I think of you?", with "kamo" a question concluded by the attributive "miyuru" in line five.
Line four, "koko ni mo motona," means "even here, helplessly."
Line five, "ime ni shi miyuru," means "you appear in my dreams," the same final line as poem 2937 in this book.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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