君がすむ岸の岩より出づる水の
絶えぬ末をぞ人も汲みける
絶えぬ末をぞ人も汲みける
- Roma-ji
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Kimi ga sumu kishi no iwa yori izuru mizu no taenu sue o zo hito mo kumikeru
- English Translation
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The water welling
from the rocks along the bank
where you dwell so clear—
its ever-flowing stream below
people too have drawn upon.
- Meaning
- The water welling clear from the rocks of the bank where you live—people too have long drawn from its never-ending stream.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1435
Headnote: none
People too have drawn from the never-ending stream of the clear water welling from the rocks of the bank where you dwell, the poet says.
Sumu pivots on "dwell" and "be clear"; the pure water welling from the person's home and drawn by people without end seems to praise the person's virtue or teaching handed down long among others.
First line, “kimi ga sumu”: sumu pivots on "dwell" and water "being clear."
Second line, “kishi no iwa yori”: from the rocks of the bank.
Third line, “izuru mizu no”: of the water welling forth; the line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “taenu sue o zo”: its never-ending lower stream; zo is answered by the attributive keru.
Fifth line, “hito mo kumikeru”: people too have drawn from it.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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