世の中を厭ふまでこそ難からめ
かりの宿りを惜しむ君かな
かりの宿りを惜しむ君かな
- Roma-ji
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Yo no naka o itou made koso katakarame kari no yadori o oshimu kimi kana
- English Translation
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To loathe this world and
cast it off may well be hard,
yet even shelter
for a passing night you grudge,
lodging in this borrowed world.
- Meaning
- To loathe the world and cast it off may well be hard, but you begrudge me even a night's lodging, a mere borrowed shelter in this passing world.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 752
Headnote: "On my way to Tennōji it began to rain, and I asked for lodging at a place called Eguchi, but was refused"
On his way to Tennōji the rain began to fall, and when Saigyō sought lodging at a place called Eguchi he was refused, so he composed this. Eguchi, near the mouth of the Yodo River, was known as a village of courtesans. To loathe and cast off the world may be hard, but to grudge even a night's lodging in this passing world, he says to the mistress of the house.
This poem and the courtesan's reply that follows are included among the travel poems of the Shinkokinshū and later became the material of the Noh play Eguchi.
First line, “yo no naka o”: the world.
Second line, “itou made koso”: the binding particle koso is answered by me in the third line.
Third line, “katakarame”: may well be hard, the perfective leading on by contrast.
Fourth line, “kari no yadori o”: kari is a pivot word joining the passing world and borrowing lodging.
Fifth line, “oshimu kimi kana”: kana is exclamatory; you who begrudge it.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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