別れゆくみちの雲居になりゆけば
とまる心も空にこそなれ
とまる心も空にこそなれ
- Roma-ji
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Wakareyuku michi no kumoi ni nariyukeba tomaru kokoro mo sora ni koso nare
- English Translation
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As the parting road
to Michinoku draws far
into the cloudy sky,
even the heart that stays behind
drifts off into the air
- Meaning
- As your road to Michinoku stretches away into the far-off clouds, even my heart, which stays behind, drifts off into the empty sky.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1324
Headnote: "Having a fan made for someone going to Michinoku and having it painted as a poem picture."
The poet says that as the road of parting recedes into the clouds, even the heart that remains behind becomes as empty as the sky. Seeing off one who goes farther and farther toward Michinoku, the poet says that thinking of the traveler vanishing beyond the clouds leaves even the heart that stays in the capital adrift.
According to the headnote, the poet had a fan made for someone going down to Michinoku and had this painted on it as a poem picture. Poem 1330 of this book is also sent with a fan to a traveler.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.
The first line, "Wakareyuku," means "going away in parting."
The second line, "michi no kumoi ni," is a pivot word on "michi," both the road and the "michi" of Michinoku: the road grows as distant as the clouds, and the traveler's destination.
The third line, "nariyukeba," means "as it becomes," with "ba" giving the cause.
The fourth line, "tomaru kokoro mo," means "even the heart that stays behind," setting the one who stays against the one who goes.
The last line, "sora ni koso nare," means "becomes adrift in the sky," with "clouds" and "sky" associated words, and "koso" closed by the realis "nare."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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