笠取の山と頼みし君をおきて
涙の雨に濡れつつぞ行く
涙の雨に濡れつつぞ行く
- Roma-ji
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Kasatori no yama to tanomishi kimi o okite namida no ame ni nuretsutsu zo yuku
- English Translation
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Leaving you behind,
on whom I leaned as on
Kasatori's hill,
drenched in a rain of tears
I set out on my way
- Meaning
- Leaving behind you, on whom I relied as on Mount Kasatori, I go on my way, drenched again and again in a rain of tears.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1326
Headnote: "Reply."
She says that, leaving behind the one she relied on as on Mount Kasatori, she goes on drenched in a rain of tears. Taking up the mountain of the preceding poem, she grieves at leaving behind one she depended on like a hat against rain and dew, and setting out wet with tears.
It is the reply of Minamoto no Muneyuki's daughter to the preceding poem.
The poet, "the daughter of Lord Muneyuki," is a daughter of Minamoto no Muneyuki. Her father, a grandson of Emperor Kōkō, is counted among the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals. Little is known of the daughter herself.
The first line, "Kasatori no," means "of Kasatori," taking up the second line of the preceding poem.
The second line, "yama to tanomishi," means "on whom I relied as on a mountain."
The third line, "kimi o okite," means "leaving you behind," with an extra syllable.
The fourth line, "namida no ame ni," means "in a rain of tears," as one caught in the rain without a hat.
The last line, "nuretsutsu zo yuku," means "I go on, ever drenched," with "zo" closed by the attributive "yuku."
- Author
- Daughter of Minamoto no Muneyuki
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Ikade nao Kasatoriyama ni mi o nashite tsuyukeki tabi ni sowamu to zo omou
- Next Poem
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Kimi ga yuku kata ni ari chō Namidagawa mazu wa sode ni zo nagaru beranaru