宿見れば寝ても覚めても恋しくて
夢うつつとも分かれざりけり
夢うつつとも分かれざりけり
- Roma-ji
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Yado mireba nete mo samete mo koishikute yume utsutsu to mo wakarezarikeri
- English Translation
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When I see this house,
asleep or awake I long
for the one now gone,
and cannot tell any more
what is dream and what is waking
- Meaning
- Whenever I look at this house I long for him, asleep or awake, until I can no longer tell dream from waking.
- Commentary
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Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1388
Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that seeing the house brings longing asleep or awake, until dream and waking cannot be told apart. Taking up the "house" and "dream" of the preceding poem, the poet replies that every sight of the dead man's house brings unceasing longing, so that one no longer knows what is dream and what is real.
It is the reply to the preceding poem by the Grand Minister Fujiwara no Tadahira.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.
The first line, "Yado mireba," means "when I see the house," taking up "house" in the preceding poem's fourth line.
The second line, "nete mo samete mo," means "asleep or awake."
The third line, "koishikute," means "longing for the one gone."
The fourth line, "yume utsutsu to mo," means "whether dream or waking," taking up "dream" in the preceding poem's second line.
The last line, "wakarezarikeri," means "I cannot tell them apart," with "keri" for realization.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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