罪人の死ぬる世もなく燃ゆる火の
薪なるらんことぞ悲しき
薪なるらんことぞ悲しき
- Roma-ji
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Tsumibito no shinuru yo mo naku moyuru hi no takigi naruran koto zo kanashiki
- English Translation
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That the sinners there,
never granted death, should be
the very firewood
of the fires that burn on so,
that is what fills me with grief.
- Meaning
- How sad that sinners, never allowed to die, must be the very firewood of the flames that burn on and on.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 897
Headnote: "When composing poems on the six realms: Hell"
This is the poem on hell among those composed on the six realms. The six realms are hell, hungry ghosts, beasts, asuras, humans and gods, the worlds through which beings are reborn again and again, and six poems continue from here to 902. Sinners fallen into hell must be the firewood of the blazing flames, burned on and on without being allowed to die, and that is sad, the poet says.
First line, “tsumibito no”: of the sinners fallen into hell.
Second line, “shinuru yo mo naku”: never dying, the endless torments of hell.
Third line, “moyuru hi no”: of the blazing flames of hell.
Fourth line, “takigi naruran”: ran is conjecture about the present; they must be the firewood.
Fifth line, “koto zo kanashiki”: zo is answered by the attributive kanashiki; that is what is sad.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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