別れ路は心もゆかず唐衣
着れば涙ぞ先にたちける
着れば涙ぞ先にたちける
- Roma-ji
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Wakareji wa kokoro mo yukazu karakoromo kireba namida zo saki ni tachikeru
- English Translation
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On the parting road
my heart will not go with me—
when I put on
this Chinese robe, my tears
are cut and rise before me
- Meaning
- My heart is unwilling on the road of parting—when I put on this Chinese robe, my tears rise up before anything else.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1329
Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says the heart will not go on the road of parting, and on putting on the Chinese robe, tears rose first. Taking up the robe given in the preceding poem, the poet replies that wearing it brings tears even before setting out.
It is the reply to the preceding poem.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.
The first line, "Wakareji wa," means "on the road of parting."
The second line, "kokoro mo yukazu," means "my heart will not go," unsatisfied, taking up "going" of the preceding poem.
The third line, "karakoromo," means "a Chinese robe," repeating the third line of the preceding poem.
The fourth line, "kireba namida zo," means "when I put it on, my tears," taking up "kitari" of the preceding poem; "zo" is an emphatic binding particle.
The last line, "saki ni tachikeru," is a pivot word on "tachi," both cutting cloth and rising: my tears rose first. The "zo" is closed by the attributive "keru," and "cut" and "wear" are associated words with "robe."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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Sode nurete wakare wa su tomo karakoromo yuku to na iiso kitari to o mimu
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