秋霧の晴れぬ朝の大空を
見るがごとくも見えぬ君かな
見るがごとくも見えぬ君かな
- Roma-ji
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Akigiri no harenu ashita no ōzora o miru ga gotoku mo mienu kimi kana
- English Translation
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Like looking upon
the great sky of a morning
when the autumn mist
will not lift, so, my love,
you never come into view.
- Meaning
- Like the great sky on a morning when the autumn mist does not lift, you are never clearly seen.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Love Poems II 748
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem exclaims at a beloved who will not show herself clearly, like the great sky on a morning when the autumn mist does not lift. It expresses the frustration of being unable to grasp the beloved's form or heart, like a sky shut in by mist. Where the clouding great sky of 722 sang of the joy of waiting for evening, the great sky veiled by mist in this poem expresses the grief of not meeting.
First line, "akigiri no," means "the autumn mist."
Second line, "harenu ashita no," means "of a morning when it does not lift," with "nu" the attributive form of the negative "zu."
Third line, "ōzora o," means "the great sky," the same word as the third line of 722 in this book, "ōzora wa."
Fourth line, "miru ga gotoku mo," means "as if looking upon."
Final line, "mienu kimi kana," means "you who cannot be seen," setting "mie," to be seen, against "miru," to look, in the fourth line to express the frustration of looking and not seeing.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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