秋の田のいねてふ事をかけしかば
思ひ出づるがうれしげもなし
思ひ出づるがうれしげもなし
- Roma-ji
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Aki no ta no ine chō koto o kakeshikaba omoiizuru ga ureshige mo nashi
- English Translation
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The autumn field's rice—
"ine, be gone," was the word
you once said to me,
so your remembering me now
gives me no joy at all
- Meaning
- Since you once cast at me the word "ine"—like the rice of the autumn fields, but meaning "be gone"—your remembering me now brings me no joy.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Love Poems I 513
Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that since he once cast at her the word "ine," "be gone," his remembering her now brings no joy. Taking up the early rice fields of the preceding poem, she pivots on the rice of the autumn fields and turns the tables by recalling how coldly she was once treated.
It is a reply to the preceding poem. It answers "wasada" in the preceding poem with "aki no ta no ine," and "omoiidetsutsu" with "omoiizuru."
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Aki no ta no," means "of the ripened autumn fields," leading to "ine" in the second line. It takes up "Furu no wasada no" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
In the second line, "ine" is a pivot word meaning both "rice plant" and "ine," "be gone," and "chō" means "called."
The third line, "kakeshikaba," means "since you cast that word at me," with "shika" the perfective form of the past auxiliary "ki."
The fourth line, "omoiizuru ga," means "your remembering," taking up "omoiidetsutsu" in the last line of the preceding poem.
The last line, "ureshige mo nashi," means "it gives me no joy."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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Uchikaeshi kimi zo koishiki Yamato naru Furu no wasada no omoiidetsutsu
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