一夜ねてうしとらこそは思ひけめ
うき名たつみぞわびしかりける
うき名たつみぞわびしかりける
- Roma-ji
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Hitoyo nete ushitora koso wa omoikeme uki na tatsu mi zo wabishikarikeru
- English Translation
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After one night's sleep,
"How wretched," so that one
must have thought of it;
and I, whose name now spreads in rumor,
am left in such misery.
- Meaning
- After sleeping together for one night, that person must have found it wretched; and I, whose name is now spread in rumor, am the one left miserable.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Names of Things 429
Headnote: "Ne, ushi, tora, u, tatsu, mi (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake)"
The poet laments that after a single night together the other must have found it wretched, while she, with her name spread in rumor, is left miserable. Within the grief of a love troubled by a fleeting tryst and gossip, the poem hides in order the six signs of the zodiac, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake. The six names in the headnote are the things hidden in the poem.
First line, "hitoyo nete," means "sleeping together one night," hiding the sign "ne," Rat, in "ne."
Second line, "ushitora koso wa," means "that it was wretched," hiding "ushi," Ox, and "tora," Tiger. It is emphasized by the particle "koso." Following the cyclical signs of the preceding poems, two poems hiding the twelve signs of the zodiac stand together from here.
Third line, "omoikeme," means "must have thought," with "keme" the perfective form of the past conjectural auxiliary "kemu," resolving "koso." The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "uki na tatsu mi zo," means "I whose name is spread in rumor," hiding "u," Rabbit, "tatsu," Dragon, and "mi," Snake. It is emphasized by the particle "zo."
Final line, "wabishikarikeru," means "how miserable it is," with "zo" resolved by the attributive "keru."
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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