恨むれど恋ふれど君が世とともに
知らず顔にてつれなかるらん
知らず顔にてつれなかるらん
- Roma-ji
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Uramuredo kouredo kimi ga yo to tomo ni shirazugao nite tsurenakaruran
- English Translation
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Though I reproach you,
though I long for you, why must you
all the while, it seems,
wear that face of not knowing
and stay so cold to me
- Meaning
- Though I reproach you and though I long for you, why is it that you always wear a look of not knowing and remain so cold?
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 997
Headnote: "Sent to a woman."
The poet asks why, though he reproaches her and longs for her, she always wears a look of not knowing and stays cold. Though he pours out both resentment and longing, she behaves as if none of it reached her, and he voices his frustration.
According to the headnote, it was sent to a woman, and her reply is placed in the next poem, 998. The reply's first and second lines, "uramu tomo kou tomo," take up this poem's "uramuredo kouredo," making an exchange in which words are copied and turned back.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Uramuredo," means "though I reproach you," with "do" an adversative conjunctive particle. It corresponds to "uramu tomo" in the first line of the next poem.
The second line, "kouredo kimi ga," means "though I long for you, you," repeating the "do" of the first line to press the point.
The third line, "yo to tomo ni," means "always, all the while."
The fourth line, "shirazugao nite," means "with a face of not knowing," showing the beloved's indifference. The last line of the next poem, "sora ni shirubeki," takes up this "knowing."
The last line, "tsurenakaruran," means "why are you so cold," with "ran" an auxiliary that conjectures a cause.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Ukiyo to wa omou monokara ama no to no akuru wa tsuraki mono ni zo arikeru
- Next Poem
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Uramu tomo kou tomo ikaga kumoi yori harukeki hito o sora ni shirubeki