みさご居る洲に居る舟の漕ぎ出なば
うら恋しけむ後は逢ひぬとも
うら恋しけむ後は逢ひぬとも
- Roma-ji
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Misago iru su ni iru fune no kogidenaba uragōshikemu nochi wa ainu tomo
- English Translation
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Where the ospreys perch,
once the boat moored on the sandbar
rows out to sea,
how my heart will ache with longing,
though later we may meet
- Meaning
- Once the boat moored on the sandbar where the ospreys perch rows out, my heart will ache with longing, even if we meet again later.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Poems Lamenting Parting 3203
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems Lamenting Parting"
Before the boat departs, the poet sings that once the boat moored on the sandbar where ospreys perch rows out, the heart will ache with longing even if they meet again later. Sharing its final line with poem 3190 in this book, it speaks of longing in the time apart.
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, "misago iru," means "where the ospreys perch," also found in poem 3077 in this book.
Line two, "su ni iru fune no," means "the boat moored on the sandbar."
Line three, "kogidenaba," means "if it rows out," read "kogidenaba" in the kana line.
Line four, "uragōshikemu," means "my heart will ache with longing," and the poem pauses here.
Line five, "nochi wa ainu tomo," means "though later we may meet," the same final line as poem 3190 in this book.
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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