明日よりは四方の山辺の秋霧の
面影にのみ立たむとすらむ
面影にのみ立たむとすらむ
- Roma-ji
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Asu yori wa yomo no yamabe no akigiri no omokage ni nomi tatamu to suramu
- English Translation
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Starting from tomorrow,
the mist upon the mountains
on every side
will rise only, I suppose,
as an image in the mind
- Meaning
- From tomorrow, the autumn mist on the mountains all around will rise, I suppose, only as an image in my memory.
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 254
On the last day of autumn, the poet laments that from tomorrow, with autumn gone, the mist now veiling the mountains on every side will rise only as an image in memory. Viewing the mist before him as something that will tomorrow become a memory, he expresses lingering attachment to the departing season.
From this poem to the end of the book come poems mourning the passing of autumn. The word yomo, on every side, in the second line, appears also in the second line of the book's last poem, 256.
Poems 254 through 256 in this book mourn the passing of autumn and bring the autumn book to a close.
First line, 'asu yori wa', means from tomorrow, showing that today is the last day of autumn.
Second line, 'yomo no yamabe no', means of the mountains on every side; the book's last poem, 256, also has yomo in 'the leaves on every side'.
Third line, 'akigiri no', is the autumn mist, a motif representative of the season.
Fourth line, 'omokage ni nomi', means only as an image in the mind.
Final line, 'tatamu to suramu', means will it rise, tatsu meaning for mist to rise; ramu is the auxiliary of present conjecture.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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