驚かぬ心なりせば世の中を
夢ぞと語るかひなからまし
夢ぞと語るかひなからまし
- Roma-ji
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Odorokanu kokoro nariseba yo no naka o yume zo to kataru kai nakaramashi
- English Translation
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Were yours a heart that
would never wake, it would be
of no use at all
to tell you of this world
that it is only a dream.
- Meaning
- Had yours been a heart that would not wake, there would have been no point in my telling you that this world is a dream.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 731
Headnote: "Reply"
This is Saigyō's answer to Narimichi's reply in the preceding poem. Had yours been a heart that would never wake, he says, it would have been no use to tell you that the world is a dream, rejoicing that Narimichi's heart is open to the Buddhist way. Odorokanu, not waking, answers the preceding odorokasu, to rouse.
First line, “odorokanu”: not waking, answering 'odorokasu' at the head of the preceding poem.
Second line, “kokoro nariseba”: seba poses a counterfactual, had it been.
Third line, “yo no naka o”: this world.
Fourth line, “yume zo to kataru”: to say it is a dream, taking up 'hisashiki yume' of the preceding poem.
Fifth line, “kai nakaramashi”: mashi is counterfactual, it would have been of no use.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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