面影は数ならぬ身に恋ひられて
雲居の月を誰と見るらむ
雲居の月を誰と見るらむ
- Roma-ji
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Omokage wa kazu naranu mi ni koirarete kumoi no tsuki o tare to miruramu
- English Translation
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Your image is loved
by one of no account,
one like me, and yet
the moon above the clouds,
with whom do you gaze on it
- Meaning
- Your image is loved by one of no account like me; with whom, I wonder, are you gazing at the moon above the clouds?
- Commentary
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Book Seven Love Poems I 371
Though the poet, a person of no account, longs for the beloved's image, he wonders with whom the beloved is gazing at the moon above the clouds. Laying the out-of-reach beloved over that moon, the poem conveys a love that cannot reach and a touch of jealousy.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Tomofusa as the author and give a headnote saying it was sent on a night when the moon was bright.
The second line of poem 384 in this book is also 'kazu naranu mi ni', likewise singing of the love of one of no account.
First line, 'omokage wa', means the image that rises in the heart.
Second line, 'kazu naranu mi ni', means by one of no account. It is the same as the second line of poem 384 in this book.
Third line, 'koirarete', means is longed for, using the passive raru.
Fourth line, 'kumoi no tsuki o', means the moon above the clouds; since the court was called kumoi, it suggests the beloved's high rank. 'The moon of the autumn night' in poem 369 in this book also sings of the moon in love.
Final line, 'tare to miruramu', means with whom do you gaze, using the present conjecture ramu.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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