秋の野に朝霧隠れ鳴く鹿の
ほのかにのみや聞き渡りなむ
ほのかにのみや聞き渡りなむ
- Roma-ji
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Aki no no ni asagiri gakure naku shika no honoka ni nomi ya kikiwatarinamu
- English Translation
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Like the deer that cries
hidden in the morning mist
on the autumn moor,
only faintly, faintly,
shall I go on hearing you?
- Meaning
- Like a deer crying unseen in the morning mist on the autumn moor, shall I go on hearing of you only faintly?
- Commentary
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Love Poems 539
Headnote: "Love, on deer"
As the cry of a deer hidden in the morning mist on the autumn moor is heard only faintly, the poet wonders whether he will only ever hear faintly of his beloved and never meet.
This poem was included in the Shokukokin Wakashū. According to the notes in the base text, the Teika text differs in line 1. Here the base text is followed.
Line 1 is the same as line 1 of 421.
Line 2 means "hidden in the morning mist."
Line 3 means "like the deer that cries," leading to "faintly"; from geese hidden in clouds the imagery moves to a deer hidden in mist.
Line 4 means "only faintly," ya binding namu in line 5.
Line 5 means "shall I go on hearing."
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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