面影にしばしばみゆる君なれど
恋しきことぞ時ぞともなき
恋しきことぞ時ぞともなき
- Roma-ji
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Omokage ni shibashiba miyuru kimi naredo koishiki koto zo toki zo to mo naki
- English Translation
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Though in visions
you appear to me often,
so often, my love,
the longing in my heart
knows no set hour at all.
- Meaning
- Though you often appear to me in my mind's eye, there is no particular time when I long for you—I long for you always.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Names of Things 393
Headnote: "Hashibami (hazel)"
The poet says that though the beloved often appears in her mind's eye, her longing keeps no set hour; she longs always. Singing of a love not consoled by visions, the poem hides the name of the hazel given in the headnote in the run of sounds "shibashiba miyuru" in the second line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
First line, "omokage ni," means "as an image in the mind."
Second line, "shibashiba miyuru," means "appearing often," hiding the name "hashibami." Following the peach of the preceding poem, the name of a nut is sung of.
Third line, "kimi naredo," means "though you are," with "do" a concessive particle.
Fourth line, "koishiki koto zo," means "my longing," emphasized by the particle "zo."
Final line, "toki zo to mo naki," means "keeps no set time," with "zo" resolved by the attributive "naki."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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