うち返し君ぞ恋しき大和なる
布留の早稲田の思ひ出でつつ
布留の早稲田の思ひ出でつつ
- Roma-ji
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Uchikaeshi kimi zo koishiki Yamato naru Furu no wasada no omoiidetsutsu
- English Translation
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Turning it over
and over, I long for you,
recalling the fields
of early rice at Furu
there in Yamato
- Meaning
- Over and over, as a field is turned again and again, I long for you, remembering the early rice fields of Furu in Yamato.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Love Poems I 512
Headnote: "Sent to someone he had come to know as a lover in Yamato."
The poet says that, remembering the early rice fields of Furu in Yamato, he longs for her over and over. Overlaying "uchikaeshi," turning the soil of a field, with a heart that longs again and again, he conveys his yearning for someone far away in Yamato.
According to the headnote, he sent it to someone with whom he had exchanged vows in Yamato. The next poem is the reply, and the two form a pair of exchanged poems.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Uchikaeshi," overlays turning over the soil of a field with "over and over," and is an associated word with "wasada," early rice field, in the fourth line.
The second line, "kimi zo koishiki," means "it is you I long for," the particle "zo" and the attributive "koishiki" forming a kakarimusubi pattern. The poem pauses here.
The third line, "Yamato naru," means "in the province of Yamato."
The fourth line, "Furu no wasada no," means "of the fields of early-ripening rice at Furu in Isonokami," Furu being a poetic place. "Aki no ta no," which opens the next poem, takes this up.
The last line, "omoiidetsutsu," means "while remembering," with "tsutsu" expressing repetition and continuation. It stands in inverted order with the second line.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Yūgure wa matsu ni mo kakaru shiratsuyu no okuru ashita ya kie wa hatsuran
- Next Poem
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Aki no ta no ine chō koto o kakeshikaba omoiizuru ga ureshige mo nashi