唐衣きて帰りにしさ夜すがら
あはれと思ふを恨むらんはた
あはれと思ふを恨むらんはた
- Roma-ji
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Karakoromo kite kaerinishi sayo sugara aware to omou o uramuran hata
- English Translation
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In your fine robe
you came, and went back home
all through that night,
while I thought of you so tenderly—
do you resent me even so
- Meaning
- You came, and went home again, and all that night I thought of you with tender feeling; even so, do you resent me still?
- Commentary
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Book Nine Love Poems I 529
Headnote: "Prince Atsuyoshi had come to call, but she sent him back without meeting him, and the next morning she sent this."
The poet says that all through the night after he came and went home again without meeting her, she thought of him with tender feeling, and wonders whether he still resents her. Concerned for the man she sent away unmet, she seeks to convey her true feelings.
According to the headnote, Prince Atsuyoshi came to call, but she sent him back without meeting him, and the next morning she sent this.
The poet, called "Katsura no Miko," is Princess Fushi. A daughter of Emperor Uda, she was called the Katsura Princess because she lived at Katsura. She is known to have exchanged love poems with Prince Atsuyoshi, likewise a son of Emperor Uda.
The first line, "Karakoromo," means "a fine robe," used almost like a pillow word leading to "ki" in the second line.
In the second line, "kite" is a pivot word meaning both "wearing" the robe and the prince "coming."
The third line, "sayo sugara," means "all through the night," with "sa" a prefix.
The fourth line, "aware to omou o," has an extra syllable and means "though I thought of you so tenderly."
In the last line, "hata" means "even so, after all": "do you resent me still?" It carries her concern at having sent him away unmet.
- Author
- Princess Fushi
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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