誰もみな止まるべきにはあらねども
後るるほどは猶ぞ悲しき
後るるほどは猶ぞ悲しき
- Roma-ji
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Tare mo mina tomaru beki ni wa aranedomo okururu hodo wa nao zo kanashiki
- English Translation
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Though it's true that none
of us can ever stay
forever in this world,
while I am the one left behind
it is still a sorrow
- Meaning
- It is true that no one can stay in this world forever, but while I am the one left behind, it is still sorrowful.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Poems of Lament 559
Headnote: "Reply"
A reply to Daini no Sanmi's poem before it. Though no one can stay in this world forever, the poet says, while I am left behind it is still sad. Accepting the consoling truth that all must die someday, he answers frankly that the sorrow of the one left behind does not vanish because of it.
The author, "Major Counselor Nagaie," was the sixth son of Regent Fujiwara no Michinaga. He rose to Provisional Major Counselor and founded the Mikohidari house. He was the great-grandfather of Fujiwara no Shunzei, compiler of this anthology.
In this exchange with the preceding poem, 558, it takes up that poem's words "tare mo" and "tomaru beki" directly in reply.
First line, "tare mo mina": "everyone," answering "tare mo tsui ni wa" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
Second line, "tomaru beki ni wa": "beki" is the attributive of "beshi" expressing possibility, "able to stay in this world." It answers "tomaru beki ka wa" in the last line of the preceding poem.
Third line, "aranedomo": "ne" is the perfective of the negative "zu" and "domo" concessive, "though it is not so."
Fourth line, "okururu hodo wa": "okuru" is to be left behind by someone who dies first, "while I am left behind."
Fifth line, "nao zo kanashiki": the emphatic "zo" closes with the attributive "kanashiki," "it is still sad."
- Author
- Fujiwara no Nagaie
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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