あくがれし心を道のしるべにて
雲に伴ふ身とぞなりぬる
雲に伴ふ身とぞなりぬる
- Roma-ji
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Akugareshi kokoro o michi no shirube nite kumo ni tomonau mi to zo narinuru
- English Translation
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The heart that wandered,
longing, you have made your guide
along the true path,
and you have become one
who goes in company with clouds.
- Meaning
- Taking as your guide on the path the very heart that longed to wander, you have become one who travels in the company of the clouds.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1084
Headnote: "The Prince Hōin had shut himself up on Kōya, resolved not to come out lightly, yet he spoke of wishing to undertake ascetic travel. When his thousand days were over and he went to Mitake, I sent him this"
The Prince Hōin, Gensei, had shut himself away on Mount Kōya, determined not to leave without good cause, yet he spoke of wanting to undertake ascetic travels. When his thousand-day retreat ended and he went to Mitake in the Ōmine mountains, Saigyō sent him this poem: taking the heart that longed to wander as his guide, he has become one who travels with the clouds.
Akugaru is for the heart to leave the body and wander; making that very heart a guide is a paradox that holds Saigyō's sympathy for the ascetic's life. The poem pairs with the Hōin's reply in 1085.
First line, “akugareshi”: that wandered forth from the body; shi is the attributive of the past ki.
Second line, “kokoro o michi no”: that heart, of the path of practice.
Third line, “shirube nite”: as a guide.
Fourth line, “kumo ni tomonau”: accompanying the clouds, the figure of an ascetic in the deep Ōmine mountains.
Fifth line, “mi to zo narinuru”: zo is emphatic, answered by the attributive nuru.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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