添へてやる扇の風し心あらば
我が思ふ人の手をな離れそ
我が思ふ人の手をな離れそ
- Roma-ji
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Soete yaru ōgi no kaze shi kokoro araba waga omou hito no te o na hanare so
- English Translation
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Wind from this fan
I send along with you—
if you have a heart,
from the hand of the one I love
never, never part
- Meaning
- O breeze of this fan I send along with you—if you have a heart, never leave the hand of the one I love.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1330
Headnote: "Sent with a fan to someone setting out on a journey."
The poet asks the breeze of the fan sent along, if it has a heart, not to leave the hand of the beloved. Giving a fan to a traveler, the poet calls on its breeze to stay always in the traveler's hand and keep company in the poet's place.
According to the headnote, it was sent with a fan to someone setting out on a journey. Poem 1324 of this book is also sent with a fan to someone going to Michinoku.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.
The first line, "Soete yaru," means "that I send along with you."
The second line, "ōgi no kaze shi," means "O wind of the fan," with "shi" emphatic.
The third line, "kokoro araba," means "if you have a heart," with "ba" a supposition, personifying the breeze.
The fourth line, "waga omou hito no," means "of the one I love."
The last line, "te o na hanare so," means "do not leave the hand," with "na ... so" a prohibition, a fan being something held in the hand.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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