夢路にも宿貸す人のあらませば
寝覚めに露は払はざらまし
寝覚めに露は払はざらまし
- Roma-ji
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Yumeji ni mo yado kasu hito no aramaseba nezame ni tsuyu wa harawazaramashi
- English Translation
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If only there were
one who'd give me lodging
on the path of dreams,
I'd not wake to brush away
the dew that soaks me through
- Meaning
- If only there were someone who would give me lodging even on the path of dreams, I would not have to brush away the dew when I woke.
- Commentary
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Book Eleven Love Poems III 770
Headnote: "Having gone to someone's house and not been let in, he lay on the veranda until dawn, and on leaving sent this in."
The poet says that if there were someone who would lodge him even on the path of dreams, he would not have to brush away dew on waking. Having spent the night on the veranda without being let in, he complains that she could at least have welcomed him in a dream.
According to the headnote, he visited someone but was not admitted, so he lay on the veranda until dawn and sent this poem in as he left. The next poem, 771, is the woman's reply.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Yumeji ni mo," means "even on the path of dreams."
The second line, "yado kasu hito no," means "one who would give me lodging."
The third line, "aramaseba," means "if there were," pairing with "mashi" in the last line to express a contrary-to-fact supposition.
The fourth line, "nezame ni tsuyu wa," means "the dew on waking," overlaying the night dew on the veranda with tears. "Nagasu nezame mo" in the second line and "harau bakari no tsuyu" in the fourth line of the next poem, 771, take up these words.
The last line, "harawazaramashi," means "I would not brush away," answering "maseba" in the third line.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Tsu no kuni no naniwa tatamaku oshimi koso sukumo taku hi no shita ni kogarure
- Next Poem
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Namidagawa nagasu nezame mo aru mono o harau bakari no tsuyu ya nani nari