ひとふしに恨みなはてそ笛竹の
声の内にも思ふ心あり
声の内にも思ふ心あり
- Roma-ji
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Hitofushi ni urami na hate so fuetake no koe no uchi ni mo omou kokoro ari
- English Translation
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For one joint, one slight,
do not wholly resent me—
within the voice
of this bamboo flute there lies
a heart that thinks of you
- Meaning
- Do not resent me utterly for one small thing, one joint of the bamboo; within the voice of this flute there is a heart that thinks of you.
- Commentary
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Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems II 1185
Headnote: "Reply."
The poet asks not to be resented utterly for one small thing, since there is a heart that cares even within the voice of the bamboo flute. Taking up the play on bamboo joint and one night in the preceding poem, he explains that running off was only a moment's lapse and that his feeling for his friend, as if breathed into the flute's voice, is unchanged.
It is the reply of the friend whose flute was kept, answering the preceding poem.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Hitofushi ni," means "for one thing," with "hitofushi" joining one bamboo joint and a single matter, answering "hitoyo" in the preceding poem.
The second line, "urami na hate so," means "do not resent me to the end," with "na ... so" a prohibition. The poem pauses here.
The third line, "fuetake no," means "of the bamboo flute," the same word as the third line of the preceding poem.
The fourth line, "koe no uchi ni mo," means "within its voice too," answering "koe ya tagawamu" in the preceding poem.
The last line, "omou kokoro ari," means "there is a heart that thinks of you."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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