いにしへの神代の影ぞ残りける
天の岩戸のあけがたの月
天の岩戸のあけがたの月
- Roma-ji
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Inishie no kamiyo no kage zo nokorikeru ama no iwato no akegata no tsuki
- English Translation
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From long ages past,
the light of the age of gods
lingers on still:
at the Rock Door of heaven
the moon as the dawn opens.
- Meaning
- The light of the ancient age of the gods still lingers here, in the moon at dawn, as when the Rock Door of heaven was opened.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 615
Headnote: "Among poems on the gods"
Seeing the moon lingering in the dawn sky, the poet feels that the light of the age of the gods, when Amaterasu opened the Rock Door of heaven and light returned to the world, still remains. He overlays the dawn moon before him with the world of myth.
The Ruijū text places this and the next two poems, through 617, under the title "On the gods" in its section on the gods. The text transmitted by Teika differs by one letter in line 4.
Line 1 means "of ancient times."
Line 2 means "the light of the age of gods," zo concluded by keru in line 3.
Line 3 means "has remained," with a break after the line.
Line 4 means "of the Rock Door of heaven," where Amaterasu hid herself.
Line 5 means "the moon of dawn," ake meaning both the "breaking" of day and the "opening" of the door; it ends on a noun.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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