海人衣田蓑の島に鳴く鶴の
声聞きしより忘れかねつも
声聞きしより忘れかねつも
- Roma-ji
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Amagoromo Tamino no shima ni naku tazu no koe kikishi yori wasurekanetsu mo
- English Translation
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Fisher's robe—
since I heard the crane's voice
crying at the isle
of Tamino, I have found
I cannot forget at all.
- Meaning
- Ever since I heard the voice of the crane crying on Tamino Island, I have been unable to forget.
- Commentary
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Love Poems 458
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
As one who has heard the crane crying at Tamino Island cannot forget it, so since hearing of his beloved the poet has been unable to forget.
The Ruijū text titles it "A love poem." The base text adds glosses to the lower verse, and the Ruijū text differs in line 5. Here the base text is followed. Kamo no Mabuchi marked this poem with a circle.
Line 1, amagoromo, "fisher's robe," is a pillow word for Tamino through mino, "straw raincoat."
Line 2 names Tamino Island, a poetic place in Settsu, containing mino, a word related to the fisher's robe.
Line 3 means "of the crane that cries," nearly the same as line 3 of the preceding poem.
Line 4 means "since I heard its voice," the same conceit as line 4 of 411.
Line 5 means "I cannot forget," mo being exclamatory.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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