物思ひて眺むる頃の月の色に
いかばかりなるあはれ染むらん
いかばかりなるあはれ染むらん
- Roma-ji
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Mono omoite nagamuru koro no tsuki no iro ni ika bakari naru aware somuran
- English Translation
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Brooding upon love,
the days I gaze at the moon,
in its color now
how much of the sorrow deep
must there have soaked in, I wonder?
- Meaning
- In the color of the moon I gaze at these days, lost in brooding, how deep a sorrow must have soaked in?
- Commentary
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Love Poems 649
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
How deep is the pathos, the poet wonders, that has soaked into the color of the moonlight he gazes at these days, lost in the brooding of love? Because he looks with a brooding heart, the moon's color seems tinged with a deeper sorrow, and this is expressed as pathos that has soaked into the moon.
First line, “mono omoite”: brooding; the line has six syllables, one too many.
Second line, “nagamuru koro no”: of these days when I gaze.
Third line, “tsuki no iro ni”: in the color of the moonlight; the line has six syllables. This answers the topic.
Fourth line, “ika bakari naru”: how much, of what depth.
Fifth line, “aware somuran”: somu is to soak in, and ran is conjecture about the present; iro, color, and somu, to dye, are associated words.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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