こりもせず憂き世の闇にまがふかな
身を思はぬは心なりけり
身を思はぬは心なりけり
- Roma-ji
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Kori mo sezu ukiyo no yami ni magau kana mi o omowanu wa kokoro narikeri
- English Translation
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Never learning, still
I lose myself in the dark
of this sorry world;
what cares nothing for my self
is in truth this heart of mine.
- Meaning
- Never learning, I lose myself again in the darkness of this sorry world; what cares nothing for my own self is my very heart.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 879
Headnote: "The passage on deep attachment to the five desires"
The topic is the phrase in the Expedient Means chapter of the Lotus Sutra, 'deeply attached to the five desires,' meaning that people cling deeply to the pleasures of form, sound and the rest. Never learning, I lose myself again in the darkness of this sorry world; what has no care for my own self is my very heart, the poet says, reflecting on a mind lost in attachment.
First line, “kori mo sezu”: never learning one's lesson.
Second line, “ukiyo no yami ni”: in the darkness of delusion of this sorry world.
Third line, “magau kana”: magau is to be lost, to stray; kana is exclamatory, and the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “mi o omowanu wa”: what does not care for the self.
Fifth line, “kokoro narikeri”: narikeri marks realization; it is my heart.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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