まだ知らぬ露置く袖を思ひやれ
かことばかりの床の涙に
かことばかりの床の涙に
- Roma-ji
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Mada shiranu tsuyu oku sode o omoiyare kakoto bakari no toko no namida ni
- English Translation
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Such as I've not known,
think of the dew on my sleeves,
consider it well,
beside your tears upon the bed,
which are only a pretext
- Meaning
- Think of my sleeves, where dew lies such as I have never known, beside those tears of yours upon the bed, which are nothing but a pretext.
- Commentary
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Book Thirteen Love Poems III 837
Headnote: "Reply"
A reply to the preceding poem by Emperor Nijō. Think of my sleeves, she says, where dew lies such as I have never known, beside your tears on the bed that are only pretext. Against the emperor's pleading of tears on the bed of parting, she retorts that his tears are mere excuse, while on her sleeves lies a dew of tears such as she has never known, pleading that her own love runs far deeper.
The author is anonymous, and the name has not come down.
Paired with the preceding poem, which asked "shirurame ya," "can you know," this one takes up the same word "shiru" in "mada shiranu," "never known," and turns it back.
First line, "mada shiranu": "such as I have never known," taking up "shiru" in "shirurame ya" in the first line of the preceding poem.
Second line, "tsuyu oku sode o": "tsuyu" is the dew of tears, taking up "tsuyu tomo ni" in the third line of the preceding poem.
Third line, "omoiyare": the imperative, "think of it." The poem pauses here and stands in inverted order with the lower half.
Fourth line, "kakoto bakari no": "kakoto" is an excuse, a pretext, "mere pretext."
Fifth line, "toko no namida ni": "beside your tears on the bed," turning back "wakare no toko ni" in the fourth line and "otsuru namida no" in the second line of the preceding poem.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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Shirurame ya otsuru namida no tsuyu tomo ni wakare no toko ni kiete kou to wa
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