伊香保嶺に雷な鳴りそね我が上には
故はなけども子らによりてぞ
故はなけども子らによりてぞ
- Roma-ji
-
Ikahone ni kami na narisone waga e ni wa yue wa nakedomo kora ni yorite zo
- English Translation
-
On Ikaho's peak,
O thunder, do not roll and crash!
As for me myself,
I have no cause to fear at all—
it is only for my girl.
- Meaning
- Thunder, do not roar on Ikaho's peak! It is nothing to me myself—it is all for the sake of my girl.
- Commentary
-
Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3421
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Let the thunder not roar on Ikaho's peak, the singer prays; it is nothing to him, but his beloved is afraid of it. His concern for her, offered with a slightly bashful excuse, is endearing.
It is one of the Kōzuke poems. The Ikaho mountains were known for frequent thunder, and 3409 also contains a word suggesting thunder.
The poet is unknown. The Azuma uta are thought to have been sung among the people of the eastern provinces, and they are marked by plain, open-hearted expression mixed with local dialect.
First line, "ikahone ni": The peak of Ikaho, as the Ikaho poems continue.
Second line, "kami na narisone": "Kami" means thunder, and "na ... sone" pleads against it; the poem pauses here.
Third line, "waga e ni wa": "Waga e" means my own lot; the line is hypermetric with six syllables.
Fourth line, "yue wa nakedomo": "Yue" is cause or hindrance, and "domo" is concessive.
Final line, "kora ni yorite zo": "Yorite" gives a reason: it is for her sake, strengthened by "zo."
- Source
- Manyoshu
- Prev Poem
-
Kamitsuke no sano no funahashi torihanashi oya wa sakuredo wa wa sakaru gae
- Next Poem
-
Ikahokaze fuku hi fukanu hi ari to iedo a ga koi nomi shi toki nakarikeri