忍ぶれどなほしひてこそおもほゆれ
恋といふものの身をし去らねば
恋といふものの身をし去らねば
- Roma-ji
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Shinoburedo nao shiite koso omohoyure koi to iu mono no mi o shi saraneba
- English Translation
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Though I bear it hid,
still it forces itself in,
thinking of her more,
since this thing that is called love
will not leave this self of mine.
- Meaning
- Though I try to bear it in silence, still it forces itself upon my thoughts, for this thing called love will not leave my body.
- Commentary
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Book Eleven Love Poems I 652
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that though the poet tries to bear it in silence, his love forces itself all the more on his thoughts, for this thing called love will not leave his body. It expresses the sense that love clings and will not leave however one tries to suppress it, as though love were something that possesses the body. Its first line is the same as that of 622, "shinoburedo," repeating once more the theme of a hidden love.
First line, "shinoburedo," means "though I bear it in silence," the same line as the first line of 622.
Second line, "nao shiite koso," means "all the more, forcibly," with the binding particle "koso" resolved by the perfective form "omohoyure" in the third line.
Third line, "omohoyure," means "it comes to my thoughts," and the poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "koi to iu mono no," means "this thing called love," a hypermetric line of eight syllables.
Final line, "mi o shi saraneba," means "since it will not leave me," with "shi" an emphatic particle. In inverted order it gives the reason for the third line.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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