背かれぬ松の千歳のほどよりも
ともともとだに慕はれぞせし
ともともとだに慕はれぞせし
- Roma-ji
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Somukarenu matsu no chitose no hodo yori mo tomo tomo to dani shitaware zo seshi
- English Translation
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More than the thousand
years of the pine that never
turns its back on us,
"together, together," so
did my heart go out to you
- Meaning
- More even than the thousand years of the pine that never turns away, I found myself longing for you, wishing only to be together, together.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1320
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that, more than the thousand years of the pine that never turns away, there was a longing to be "together, together." The poem seems to sing of a longing to go along that surpasses even the unchanging pine of a thousand years, but some phrases are hard to construe and its interpretation is not settled.
The next poem is the reply, and the two form an exchange.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," but it is treated here as anonymous.
The first line, "Somukarenu," means "that cannot turn away," that cannot part.
The second line, "matsu no chitose no," means "of the pine's thousand years," the pine being held to stay unchanged for a thousand years.
The third line, "hodo yori mo," means "more than that span."
The fourth line, "tomo tomo to dani," seems to mean "even 'together, together,'" expressing a wish to go along.
The last line, "shitaware zo seshi," means "so did I find myself longing," with "re" spontaneous and "zo" closed by the attributive "shi." It is taken up by "shitau" in the second line of the next poem.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Wakarete wa itsu aimimu to omouran kagiri aru yo no inochi to mo nashi
- Next Poem
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Tomo tomo to shitau namida no sou mizu wa ika naru iro ni miete yukuran