わがためにかつはつらしとみ山木の
こりともこりぬかかる恋せじ
こりともこりぬかかる恋せじ
- Roma-ji
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Waga tame ni katsu wa tsurashi to miyamagi no kori tomo korinu kakaru koi seji
- English Translation
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Seeing you, for my part,
so cold to me, like the trees
of the deep mountains
I am cut, I am cured indeed—
I will love like this no more
- Meaning
- Seeing that you are cold to me, I have had my fill, as one fells the trees of the deep mountains; I have learned my lesson and will never love like this again.
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1042
Headnote: "Composed on returning home, after he went to talk with a woman and found her talking with another man."
The poet says that seeing her cold to him, he has had enough, as one cuts the trees of the deep mountains, and will never love like this again. Having called on her only to find her talking with another, he laments that he is cured of love, joining "kori," felling trees, with "kori," learning one's lesson.
According to the headnote, he went to talk with a woman, but she was talking with another man, so he went home and composed this; her reply is placed in the next poem, 1043.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Waga tame ni," means "toward me."
The second line, "katsu wa tsurashi to," means "on the one hand cold," with "katsu wa" meaning "on one side."
The third line, "miyamagi no," means "of the trees of the deep mountains," with "mi" joining "to see" and "deep." Felling trees leads to "kori" in the fourth line.
The fourth line, "kori tomo korinu," means "I have learned my lesson indeed," with "kori" joining felling trees and being cured of something, repeated for emphasis.
The last line, "kakaru koi seji," means "I will love like this no more," with "ji" a negative auxiliary of intention.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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