いくほどもながらふまじき世の中に
物を思はでふるよしもがな
物を思はでふるよしもがな
- Roma-ji
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Iku hodo mo nagaraumajiki yo no naka ni mono o omowade furu yoshi mogana
- English Translation
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In this world of ours
where we cannot hope to live
for very long at all,
if only there were some way
to pass the time without brooding.
- Meaning
- In this world, where we cannot live on for long, if only there were some way to pass my days without brooding.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1323
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
In this world, where one cannot live long, if only there were some way to pass one's days without brooding, the poet sighs.
Aware of the brevity of life, he laments spending its limited time in love's brooding; the sense of impermanence and love's suffering are bound together.
First line, “iku hodo mo”: not much.
Second line, “nagaraumajiki”: in which one cannot live long.
Third line, “yo no naka ni”: in this world.
Fourth line, “mono o omowade”: de is a negative conjunction, "without brooding."
Fifth line, “furu yoshi mogana”: furu is to pass time; mogana expresses a wish, "if only there were a way."
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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