世の中を夢と見る見るはかなくも
なほ驚かぬ我が心かな
なほ驚かぬ我が心かな
- Roma-ji
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Yo no naka o yume to mirumiru hakanaku mo nao odorokanu waga kokoro kana
- English Translation
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Though I see the world
to be a dream, all the while,
how futile it is,
it still does not come awake,
this foolish heart of mine.
- Meaning
- Though I see full well that this world is a dream, how vain it is that this heart of mine still does not wake.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 759
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
Though he knows the world is a dream, his heart still does not wake, and the poet laments its futility. Taking up the waking from a dream in the preceding poem, he looks at himself, knowing yet unable to be enlightened.
First line, “yo no naka o”: this world.
Second line, “yume to mirumiru”: seeing it as a dream all the while, the doubled verb showing continuance.
Third line, “hakanaku mo”: how futile.
Fourth line, “nao odorokanu”: still not waking, taking up 'odoroku koto' of the preceding poem.
Fifth line, “waga kokoro kana”: kana is exclamatory, lamenting his own heart.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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