比多潟の礒のわかめの立ち乱え
我をか待つなも昨夜も今夜も
我をか待つなも昨夜も今夜も
- Roma-ji
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Hitagata no iso no wakame no tachimidae wa o ka matsunamo kizo mo koyoi mo
- English Translation
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On Hita's tideflat,
like the wakame on the rocks
tossed in disarray,
is she waiting so for me,
last night and again tonight?
- Meaning
- Like the wakame tangled on the rocks of Hita's flats, is she waiting for me, her heart in turmoil—last night, and again tonight?
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3563
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
As the wakame on the rocks of Hita's flats is tossed by the waves, is his beloved waiting for him with a troubled heart, last night and tonight? Following the seaweed of the preceding poem, the swaying of seaweed is laid over the figure of a woman waiting.
It is one of the love exchanges. Hitagata is a tideflat of unknown location. Its last line, "kizo mo koyoi mo," is the same as in 3505, and like the preceding poem it imagines the beloved waiting.
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, "hitagata no": A tideflat of unknown location.
Second line, "iso no wakame no": Wakame on the rocks, seaweed again after "tamamo" in the preceding poem. The first two lines form a preface.
Third line, "tachimidae": "Midae" is an eastern form of "midare," overlaid with a heart in turmoil.
Fourth line, "wa o ka matsunamo": "Namo" is an eastern form of "ramu": is she waiting?
Final line, "kizo mo koyoi mo": "Last night and tonight," the same last line as in 3505.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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