人ごとに今日今日とのみ恋ひらるる
都近くもなりにけるかな
都近くもなりにけるかな
- Roma-ji
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Hito goto ni kyō kyō to nomi koiraruru miyako chikaku mo narinikeru kana
- English Translation
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For each and every one,
"today, today," we all have
longed for it so—
now the capital is near,
it has come so close at last
- Meaning
- The capital that each of us has longed for, saying "today, surely today," has at last come near.
- Commentary
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Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1362
Headnote: "When the Cloistered Emperor had gone mountain walking in a distant place and, on his return to the capital, stopped for a night on the road and had the monks and laymen in attendance compose poems."
The poet says that the capital that everyone has longed for, saying "today, today," has drawn near. Having traveled long in attendance on the Cloistered Emperor's mountain journey, he voices for the whole party the joy of nearing the capital on the way home.
According to the headnote, when Cloistered Emperor Uda had gone walking in distant mountains and stopped for a night on his way back to the capital, he had the monks and laymen in his train compose poems, and this was composed then.
The poet, Shōbō, given in the text as "Archbishop Shōbō," was a monk of the Shingon school; he founded the Daigo-ji and rose to the rank of Archbishop. He was posthumously given the title Rigen Daishi.
The first line, "Hito goto ni," means "for each and every one," the whole attending party.
The second line, "kyō kyō to nomi," means "saying only 'today, today,'" repeating the word to express impatient longing.
The third line, "koiraruru," means "that we long for," with "raruru" spontaneous.
The fourth line, "miyako chikaku mo," means "the capital, near."
The last line, "narinikeru kana," means "it has come to be," with "kana" exclamatory.
- Author
- Shōbō
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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