庭に立つ麻手小衾今夜だに
夫寄しこせね麻手小衾
夫寄しこせね麻手小衾
- Roma-ji
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Niwa ni tatsu asade kobusuma koyoi dani tsuma yoshikosene asade kobusuma
- English Translation
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In the garden grows—
quilt of hemp cloth, little quilt,
tonight, at least, tonight,
draw my husband close to me,
quilt of hemp cloth, little quilt.
- Meaning
- Little quilt of hemp from the garden, tonight at least, draw my husband to me—little quilt of hemp.
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3454
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Miscellaneous Poems"
A woman calls to her quilt, made of hemp grown in her garden, asking it to draw her husband to her tonight at least. The call to the quilt repeated at beginning and end intensifies her earnest wish.
It has no left note and is the last of the miscellaneous poems. With the next poem, the love exchanges resume.
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, "niwa ni tatsu": A line leading to hemp growing in the garden.
Second line, "asade kobusuma": "Asade" is hemp cloth and "kobusuma" a little quilt; she is calling to the quilt.
Third line, "koyoi dani": "Dani" means at least: tonight at least.
Fourth line, "tsuma yoshikosene": "Yoshi" means to draw near, and "kosene" expresses a wish.
Final line, "asade kobusuma": The second line is repeated to strengthen the call, closing the poem.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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