漁りする海人の楫音ゆくらかに
妹は心に乗りにけるかも
妹は心に乗りにけるかも
- Roma-ji
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Isari suru ama no kajioto yukuraka ni imo wa kokoro ni norinikeru kamo
- English Translation
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Like the oars' slow sound
of fisherfolk at their fishing,
gently, leisurely,
my darling has come to ride
upon my heart and stay
- Meaning
- Like the slow, steady sound of the oars of fishers at their work, my beloved has settled gently upon my heart.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3174
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Using the slow sound of fishers' oars as an introduction, the poet sings of the beloved settling gently upon the heart and staying there. The image of leisurely oar strokes gently conveys a beloved who fills the heart.
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, "isari suru," means "fishing."
Line two, "ama no kajioto," means "the sound of the fishers' oars," and the lines up to here form an introduction leading to "yukuraka ni."
Line three, "yukuraka ni," means "slowly, at leisure."
Line four, "imo wa kokoro ni," means "my beloved, upon my heart."
Line five, "norinikeru kamo," means "has come to ride," the beloved occupying the heart and not leaving.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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