越えぬてふ名をな恨みそ鈴鹿山
いとど間近くならんと思ふを
いとど間近くならんと思ふを
- Roma-ji
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Koenu chō na o na uramiso suzukayama itodo machikaku naran to omou o
- English Translation
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The name that we have crossed—
do not resent it so,
Mount Suzuka—
for I mean to draw nearer
and nearer still to you
- Meaning
- Do not resent the rumor that we have crossed Mount Suzuka; I mean to come ever nearer to you.
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1041
Headnote: "Reply."
The reply asks her not to resent the rumor that they have crossed, since he means to draw ever nearer. Taking up the name of crossing and Mount Suzuka from the preceding poem, he answers the woman who laments the rumor that he intends to become even closer, as the rumor says.
According to the headnote, it is the man's reply to the preceding poem, 1040. Where she lamented that only rumor spreads while his visits grow distant, he answers with "machikaku," near, turning far into near. "Machikakute" also appears in the first line of 1045 in this book.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Koenu chō," means "that we have crossed," with "nu" an auxiliary of completion. It takes up "koyu chō na" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The second line, "na o na uramiso," means "do not resent the name," with "na ... so" expressing prohibition. The poem pauses here.
The third line, "suzukayama," takes up the third line of the preceding poem, marking the path of a love still to be crossed.
The fourth line, "itodo machikaku," means "ever nearer," speaking of closeness against the distance she laments.
The last line, "naran to omou o," means "I mean to become so," with "n" an auxiliary of intention and "o" a conjunctive particle carrying feeling.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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