あらたまの年の緒長く照る月の
飽かざる君や明日別れなむ
飽かざる君や明日別れなむ
- Roma-ji
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Aratama no toshi no o nagaku teru tsuki no akazaru kimi ya asu wakarenamu
- English Translation
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Like the moon that shines
through the long thread of the years,
never tiresome,
you whom I never tire of,
must I part with you tomorrow
- Meaning
- Like the moon that shines through the long years and never grows tiresome, you whom I never tire of, must I part from you tomorrow?
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Poems Lamenting Parting 3207
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems Lamenting Parting"
A woman laments that she must part tomorrow from one she never tires of, like the moon that never grows tiresome through long years. It may be read as thoughts while gazing at the moon on the eve of parting, and some take it as a song by a wandering entertainer met on the journey.
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, "aratama no," is a pillow word for "toshi," year.
Line two, "toshi no o nagaku," means "through long years," the same opening pair of lines as poems 2891 and 2935 in this book.
Line three, "teru tsuki no," means "like the shining moon," and the lines up to here form an introduction leading to "akazaru."
Line four, "akazaru kimi ya," means "you whom I never tire of," with "ya" a question concluded by the attributive "namu" in line five.
Line five, "asu wakarenamu," means "must I part from you tomorrow?"
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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