この世にはまたも逢ふまじ梅の花
散り散りならむことぞ悲しき
散り散りならむことぞ悲しき
- Roma-ji
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Kono yo ni wa mata mo au maji ume no hana chirijiri naramu koto zo kanashiki
- English Translation
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In this world of ours
we shall not meet again —
like the plum blossoms,
that we must scatter far apart
is what fills me with such grief
- Meaning
- We shall not meet again in this world; like the plum blossoms, we will be scattered apart, and that is what grieves me.
- Commentary
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Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 363
Before the plum blossoms, the poet thinks that he will never meet these people again in this world, and grieves that they will scatter apart like falling flowers. The scattering of the plum blossoms is overlaid with partings from those dear to him.
Like the preceding poem, 362, it ends with "koto zo kanashiki," so two poems of grief at parting are set together.
The first line, "kono yo ni wa," singles out this world with "wa."
The second line, "mata mo au maji," uses the negative conjectural "maji": we shall not meet again, with a break after the second line.
The third line, "ume no hana," presents the scattering plum blossoms, leading to "chirijiri" in the fourth line.
The fourth line, "chirijiri naramu," overlays blossoms scattering with people parting, using the attributive conjectural "mu."
The final line, "koto zo kanashiki," forms a kakari-musubi of "zo" and the attributive "kanashiki," the same final line as the preceding poem.
- Author
- Gyōson
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
- Prev Poem
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Kawaramu to inoru inochi wa oshikarade satemo wakaremu koto zo kanashiki
- Next Poem
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Kono mi o ba munashiki mono to shirinureba tsumi emu koto mo araji to zo omou