名に立てるあはでの浦のあまだにも
みるめはかづくものとこそ聞け
みるめはかづくものとこそ聞け
- Roma-ji
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Na ni tateru Awade no ura no ama dani mo mirume wa kazuku mono to koso kike
- English Translation
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Even the divers
of the shore of Awade,
famed for not meeting,
dive down for the sea-pine weed,
or so at least I have heard
- Meaning
- Even the divers of Awade Bay, whose very name means not meeting, dive for sea-pine weed, I have heard; yet I have no chance even to see you.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Love Poems II 456
Even the divers of Awade Bay, famed for a name that means not meeting, are said to dive for sea-pine weed, yet the poet cannot gain even a chance to meet the beloved. Using Awade Bay, a famous place in Owari, and mirume, sea-pine weed and a chance to see, as pivot words, the poem laments a love that cannot meet.
Mirume, the shore and the divers also appear in poems 461, 462 and 481 in this book, and poems that sing of a love unable to meet through seaside images are placed again and again.
First line, 'na ni tateru', means known by that name, using ru, the attributive of the stative ri.
Second line, 'Awade no ura no', is a pivot word in which awade means both without meeting and Awade Bay, a famous place in Owari, left in kana.
Third line, 'ama dani mo', means even the divers, the particle dani naming a lesser case to suggest a greater one.
Fourth line, 'mirume wa kazuku', is a pivot word in which mirume means both sea-pine weed and a chance to see one's beloved, left in kana. Kazuku means to dive down and gather.
Final line, 'mono to koso kike', means so I have heard, the particle koso answered by the perfective form kike.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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