逢ふと見し夢にならひて夏の日の
暮れがたきをも嘆きつるかな
暮れがたきをも嘆きつるかな
- Roma-ji
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Au to mishi yume ni naraite natsu no hi no kuregataki o mo nagekitsuru kana
- English Translation
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Grown used to the dream
in which I saw we had met,
now I find myself
lamenting that the summer day
is so slow to reach its close
- Meaning
- Having grown used to dreaming that we met, I now find myself lamenting even how slowly the summer day draws to its close.
- Commentary
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Book Four Summer Poems 173
Headnote: "Sent to someone."
Having grown used to dreaming of meeting her, the poet laments even that the long summer day is slow to end. He conveys a heart impatient for night, when he may meet her in dreams.
According to the headnote, it was sent to someone.
The poet, Fujiwara no Yasukuni, was a member of the Fujiwara clan whose career is not known in detail.
The first line, "Au to mishi," means "that I saw we met," with "shi" as the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki." Following 170 and 171, it again sings of dreams.
In the second line, "narau" means to grow used to, to make a habit of: "used to meeting in dreams."
The third line, "natsu no hi no," presents the long summer day. Against the brevity of "natsu no yo," the summer night, in 169 through 171 of this book, it sings of the length of the summer day, reversing the picture.
The fourth line, "kuregataki o mo," means "even its slowness to darken," with "mo" adding emphasis.
The last line, "nagekitsuru kana," means "I have lamented," with "tsuru" marking completion and "kana" a sigh.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Yasukuni
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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