浜辺なる前の川瀬を行く水の
早くも今日の暮れにけるかな
早くも今日の暮れにけるかな
- Roma-ji
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Hamabe naru Mae no kawase o yuku mizu no hayaku mo kyō no kurenikeru kana
- English Translation
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By the beach there runs
Mae River through its shoals,
its waters flowing—
how swiftly then the day
has drawn on to its close.
- Meaning
- Like the water rushing through the shallows of the Mae River by the shore, how swiftly this day has drawn to a close.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 698
Headnote: "Returning from the pilgrimage to the Two Shrines, in front of an inn by the shore was a river called the Mae; it had swelled with rain, and I crossed it after dark"
Returning from the pilgrimage to the Two Shrines, the poet crossed the Mae River, swollen with rain, after nightfall. Like the swift water, the day has already ended, overlaying the speed of time on the river's current.
The Ruijū text spells part of the headnote differently.
Line 1 means "by the shore."
Line 2 means "the shallows of the Mae," taking the river's name from the headnote.
Line 3 means "of the flowing water," and the first three lines form a preface to "swiftly" in line 4.
Line 4 means "swiftly, today," overlaying the swift water and the quick passing of time.
Line 5 means "has grown dark," kana exclamatory; taking up the setting sun of the preceding poem, it sings of the day's end.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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