そのことと思はぬだにもあるものを
何心地して月を見るらむ
何心地して月を見るらむ
- Roma-ji
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Sono koto to omowanu dani mo aru mono o nani kokochi shite tsuki o miruramu
- English Translation
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Even those who have
no particular cause for grief
are moved by it, yet you —
with what feelings in your heart
can you be gazing at the moon
- Meaning
- Even those with no particular sorrow are moved when they see the moon; with what feelings, then, are you gazing at it now?
- Commentary
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Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 393
Even those without any cares sink into thought when they see the moon, the poet says, so with what feelings must the grieving person be gazing at it? The poem holds sympathy and consolation for someone in sorrow.
Taking up the tear-dimmed moon of the preceding poem, 392, it imagines the moon as seen by one who grieves.
The first line, "sono koto to," means a particular matter.
The second line, "omowanu dani mo," uses "dani": even those who do not think of it.
The third line, "aru mono o," uses the concessive "mono o": though even they are moved.
The fourth line, "nani kokochi shite," means with what feelings.
The final line, "tsuki o miruramu," uses the conjectural "ramu": how are you gazing at the moon?
- Author
- Fujiwara no Yorimune
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
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