わが君の光隠れし夕より
闇にぞ迷ふ月は澄めども
闇にぞ迷ふ月は澄めども
- Roma-ji
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Waga kimi no hikari kakureshi yūbe yori yami ni zo mayou tsuki wa sumedomo
- English Translation
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From that evening when
my lord's light was hidden from
the world, I have wandered
lost within the darkness,
even though the moon shines clear.
- Meaning
- Since the evening when my lord's light was hidden away, I have wandered lost in darkness, though the moon shines clear.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 794
Headnote: "Reply"
This is the Lady Mikawa's reply. Since the evening my lord's light was hidden, I have wandered in darkness, though the moon shines clear, she writes. Taking up 'hidden' and 'moon' from the preceding poem, she likens the emperor to light and speaks of a heart shut in darkness by his death.
First line, “waga kimi no”: my lord, the late Retired Emperor Nijō.
Second line, “hikari kakureshi”: the light hidden, his death likened to light going into hiding, taking up 'kakurenishi.'
Third line, “yūbe yori”: since that evening, the character read as yūbe.
Fourth line, “yami ni zo mayou”: zo is answered by the attributive mayou; I wander in the dark; the poem breaks here.
Fifth line, “tsuki wa sumedomo”: though the moon is clear, setting its light against the darkness.
- Author
- Mikawa no Naishi
- Source
- Sankashu
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