いつか我塵積む床を払ひあけて
来んと頼めん人を待つべき
来んと頼めん人を待つべき
- Roma-ji
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Itsuka ware chiri tsumu toko o haraiakete kon to tanomen hito o matsu beki
- English Translation
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When will the day come
I sweep clean my dusty bed,
with dust heaped upon it,
and wait for someone who's pledged
'I will surely come to you'?
- Meaning
- When will the day come that I sweep clean my bed, heaped with dust, and wait for someone who has promised to come?
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1324
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
When will he sweep clean his dust-heaped bed and wait for someone who has promised to come? the poet asks.
A bed thick with dust shows the loneliness of long being unvisited. It is a poignant hope for the day when the beloved promises to come and he can clean the bed and wait.
First line, “itsuka ware”: when shall I.
Second line, “chiri tsumu toko o”: the bed where dust has piled, long sleeping alone.
Third line, “haraiakete”: sweeping it clean; the line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “kon to tanomen”: tanomu in its lower bigrade form, to make one trust a promise to come; the text writes it with 憑.
Fifth line, “hito o matsu beki”: shall I wait for such a one?, answering itsuka in the first line.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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