恋しきに消えかへりつつ朝露の
けさはおきゐん心地こそせね
けさはおきゐん心地こそせね
- Roma-ji
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Koishiki ni kiekaeritsutsu asatsuyu no kesa wa okiin kokochi koso sene
- English Translation
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Out of longing
I fade again and again,
and like the dew
that settles in the morning,
I feel I cannot rise today
- Meaning
- Fading away again and again for longing, I feel this morning that I could no more rise and stay up than the morning dew could settle and remain.
- Commentary
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Book Eleven Love Poems III 720
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that, fading again and again for longing, he does not feel he can rise this morning, as dew settles. He overlays the longing after parting, so strong he seems about to vanish, with the morning dew that quickly disappears.
Following the preceding poem, 719, it expresses the feelings after a parting at dawn.
The poet, Ariwara no Yukihira, was a son of Prince Abo, a son of Emperor Heizei, and the elder brother of Ariwara no Narihira; he served as Middle Counselor. His "tachiwakare inaba no yama no mine ni ouru" is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
The first line, "Koishiki ni," means "for longing."
The second line, "kiekaeritsutsu," means "fading away again and again," with "kie," to vanish, associated with "asatsuyu" in the third line.
The third line, "asatsuyu no," means "the morning dew," and since dew "settles" (oku), it leads into "oki" in the fourth line. Following "akatsuki" in the preceding poem, 719, it sets a word for the morning hour.
In the fourth line, "kesa wa okiin," "oki" is a pivot word meaning both dew "settling" and a person "rising."
The last line, "kokochi koso sene," means "I do not feel that I can," closing with the perfective "ne" in answer to "koso," a kakarimusubi pattern.
- Author
- Ariwara no Yukihira
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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