二つなき心は君におきつるを
又ほどもなく恋しきやなぞ
又ほどもなく恋しきやなぞ
- Roma-ji
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Futatsu naki kokoro wa kimi ni okitsuru o mata hodo mo naku koishiki ya nazo
- English Translation
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My heart, which is one
and cannot be two, I left
with you when I rose,
yet so soon, how can it be,
that I should long for you again?
- Meaning
- I left my heart, the only one I have, with you as I rose to go; why, then, do I long for you again so soon?
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Love Poems II 721
Headnote: "The morning after visiting the lady of the East Wing of the Hon'in"
The poem asks why, though the poet left his one and only heart with her, he longs for her again so soon. The headnote shows it was a morning-after poem sent after visiting the lady of the East Wing of the Hon'in. Pivoting "oki" on "leaving" the heart and "rising" from bed, it expresses the wonder that longing remains though the heart was left behind. It shares its final line, "koishiki ya nazo," with the preceding poem, 720, so that two morning-after poems sent to ladies of the Hon'in stand side by side.
The author, written as "Dainagon Minamoto no Kiyokage," is Minamoto no Kiyokage. A son of Emperor Yōzei, he left the imperial family, received the surname Minamoto, and rose to Major Counselor.
First line, "futatsu naki," means "of which there are not two," my one and only.
Second line, "kokoro wa kimi ni," means "my heart, with you."
Third line, "okitsuru o," is a pivot word: "oki" means "leaving" the heart and "rising" from bed. "Tsuru" is perfective and "o" concessive.
Fourth line, "mata hodo mo naku," means "so soon again," sharing with the fourth line of the preceding poem, 720, "hiruma bakari ni," its focus on the short time since parting.
Final line, "koishiki ya nazo," means "why do I long so," the same line as the final line of the preceding poem, 720.
- Author
- Minamoto no Kiyokage
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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Asa madaki tsuyu wakekitsuru koromode no hiruma bakari ni koishiki ya nazo
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