恋ひ恋ひて逢はむと思ふ夕暮れは
たなばたつめもかくぞあるらし
たなばたつめもかくぞあるらし
- Roma-ji
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Koi koite awamu to omou yūgure wa tanabatatsume mo kaku zo arurashi
- English Translation
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Longing and longing,
now at last I think to meet you
in the evening dusk—
the Weaver Maid as well,
it seems, must feel just like this
- Meaning
- After long longing, on this evening when I think we shall meet at last, the Weaver Maid too must feel just as I do.
- Commentary
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Book Five Autumn Poems I 231
Headnote: "On the seventh, someone wrote in reply saying, Let us meet tonight, and so the poet replied."
The poet says that the heart on this evening, about to meet at last after long longing, must be just like the Weaver Maid's as she awaits her once-yearly meeting. The rising feelings before a meeting are laid over the Weaver Maid of Tanabata.
According to the headnote, on the seventh of the Seventh Month the other person replied saying they should meet that night, and the poet composed this. The next poem is the reply, and the two form an exchange.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Koi koite," means "longing and longing," repeating the word to show the depth of feeling.
In the second line, "mu" is an auxiliary of intent: "I think to meet."
The third line, "yūgure wa," means "in the evening," pointing to the hour of waiting for the meeting.
The fourth line, "tanabatatsume mo," means "the Weaver Maid too," using the same word as "tanabatatsume ni" in 225 of this book. The next poem, 232, answers with "tanabatatsume wa" in its fourth line.
In the last line, "rashi" is a conjecture with grounds: "it seems to be so." It answers the particle "zo," and "rashi" has the same form in its attributive and conclusive uses.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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