菅原や伏見の里の荒れしより
通ひし人の跡も絶えにき
通ひし人の跡も絶えにき
- Roma-ji
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Sugawara ya fushimi no sato no areshi yori kayoishi hito no ato mo taeniki
- English Translation
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At Sugawara
since the village of Fushimi
fell into ruin,
the one who used to come here
has left no trace at all
- Meaning
- Ever since the village of Fushimi in Sugawara fell into ruin, even the footprints of the one who used to come have vanished.
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1024
Headnote: "Composed when a man who had been visiting a woman in service at the house of the Sugawara Minister broke off, and then called on her again."
The poet says that since the village of Fushimi in Sugawara fell into ruin, even the tracks of the one who used to visit have vanished. Overlaying the Sugawara Minister's household where she served with the village of Fushimi in Sugawara in Yamato, she reproaches him because his visits ceased as the place declined.
According to the headnote, a man who had been visiting a woman in service at the house of the Sugawara Minister broke off, and then called again. The Sugawara Minister is taken to mean Sugawara no Michizane.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Sugawara ya," means "at Sugawara," with "ya" an interjectory particle of exclamation. It overlays the place name Sugawara in Yamato with the house of the Sugawara Minister in the headnote.
The second line, "fushimi no sato no," means "the village of Fushimi" in Sugawara.
The third line, "areshi yori," means "since it fell into ruin."
The fourth line, "kayoishi hito no," means "of the one who used to come," pointing to the man in the headnote.
The last line, "ato mo taeniki," means "even the tracks have ceased," with "niki" auxiliaries of completion and past.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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