近江なる打出の浜のうち出でつつ
うらみやせまし人の心を
うらみやせまし人の心を
- Roma-ji
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Ōmi naru Uchide no hama no uchiidetsutsu urami ya semashi hito no kokoro o
- English Translation
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As at Uchide,
the beach in Ōmi Province,
shall I speak it out,
and voice at last my reproach
of that cold heart of yours?
- Meaning
- As the name of Uchide Beach in Ōmi suggests, shall I speak out at last and reproach that cold heart of yours?
- Commentary
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Book Fifteen Love Poems V 982
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem asks: like the name of Uchide Beach in Ōmi, shall I speak out my heart and reproach that person's heart? Through a pun on the place-name, it sings of a heart wavering over whether to voice at last the resentment so far kept hidden and to confront the other with it.
Where the preceding poems sing of a heart that holds resentment unspoken within, this one moves on to a heart wondering whether to speak it out.
First line, "Ōmi naru," means "in the land of Ōmi."
Second line, "Uchide no hama no," means "of Uchide Beach" on the southern shore of Lake Biwa in Ōmi. The first two lines form an introductory phrase that, repeating the sound of "Uchide," leads to "uchiide" in the third line.
Third line, "uchiidetsutsu," means "speaking out again and again," with "tsutsu" expressing repetition.
Fourth line, "urami ya semashi," means "shall I reproach," with "urami" a pivot word joining "urami," gazing at the bay, an association with the beach, and "urami," resentment. "Ya ... mashi" expresses hesitation. The poem breaks here. It shares the same pivot word with the fourth lines of 980, "urami zo fukaki," and 983, "uramirarenuru," in this book.
Final line, "hito no kokoro o," means "that person's heart," placing the object of the fourth line afterward in inversion.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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