思ひやれ須磨のうらみて寝たる夜の
片敷く袖にかかる涙を
片敷く袖にかかる涙を
- Roma-ji
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Omoiyare suma no uramite netaru yo no katashiku sode ni kakaru namida o
- English Translation
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Think of me, I pray:
gazing on Suma's bay, resentful,
the night I lay down,
on the one sleeve I spread
the tears that came falling
- Meaning
- Think of them: the tears that fell on the single sleeve I spread the night I lay down, gazing on the bay of Suma and resenting you.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Love Poems I 357
The poet asks the beloved to think of the tears that fell on the single sleeve he spread the night he slept alone, gazing on the bay of Suma and resenting her coldness. Laying the waves of Suma over his tears, he pleads the loneliness of sleeping alone.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Nagazane as the author.
The author, Nakamasa, is Minamoto no Nakamasa. A son of Minamoto no Yoritsuna and the father of Minamoto no Yorimasa, he was active as a poet from the time of Emperor Horikawa.
First line, 'omoiyare', means think of it, an imperative addressed to the beloved. The poem breaks after the first line, and by inversion it leads on to 'namida o' in the final line. The first line of poem 406 in this book is also 'omoiyare', likewise asking the other to think of the tears on the sleeve.
Second line, 'suma no uramite', is a pivot word in which urami means both urami, gazing on the bay, and urami, resentment, left in kana. Suma is a poetic place in Settsu.
Third line, 'netaru yo no', means of the night I lay down.
Fourth line, 'katashiku sode ni', means on the one sleeve I spread, expressing sleeping alone.
Final line, 'kakaru namida o', means the tears that fell upon it, echoing waves breaking over the shore, in keeping with the bay of Suma.
- Author
- Minamoto no Nakamasa
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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