来むと言ひて別るるだにもあるものを
知られぬ今朝のましてわびしさ
知られぬ今朝のましてわびしさ
- Roma-ji
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Komu to iite wakaruru dani mo aru mono o shirarenu kesa no mashite wabishisa
- English Translation
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Even when we part
saying "I will come again,"
it is hard enough—
this morning, gone without a word,
how much lonelier still
- Meaning
- Even parting with the words "I will come again" is hard to bear—how much lonelier this morning, when you left without letting me know.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1340
Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that even parting with the promise "I will come" is hard, and this morning, left without being told, is lonelier still. If parting with a promise to return is painful enough, he reproachfully says, a parting this morning when she slipped away without a word is all the more desolate.
The next poem is Ise's reply, and the two form an exchange. The text of the last line reads "mashite wabishisa," which does not agree with the reading line, "mashite wabishiki." The text's wording is followed here.
The poet, "the posthumous Chancellor," is Fujiwara no Tokihira. The eldest son of the Regent Fujiwara no Mototsune, he rose to Minister of the Left and is known for having Sugawara no Michizane exiled to Dazaifu. He was granted the title of Chancellor after his death.
The first line, "Komu to iite," means "saying 'I will come,'" with an extra syllable.
The second line, "wakaruru dani mo," means "even parting so," with "dani" naming a lesser case to imply a greater.
The third line, "aru mono o," means "is hard enough, and yet," with "mono o" concessive.
The fourth line, "shirarenu kesa no," means "of this morning when I was not told."
The last line, "mashite wabishisa," means "how much lonelier," ending on a noun.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Tokihira
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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