恋ひわぶる君に逢ふてふ言の葉は
偽りさへぞ嬉しかりける
偽りさへぞ嬉しかりける
- Roma-ji
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Koiwaburu kimi ni au chō koto no ha wa itsuwari sae zo ureshikarikeru
- English Translation
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The words that tell me
I shall meet you whom I long for
in such misery—
even when they are not true,
they fill my heart with joy
- Meaning
- Words that tell me I may meet you, for whom I pine, bring me joy even when they are lies.
- Commentary
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Book Eight Love Poems II 460
Words saying he may meet the one he pines for, the poet says, bring joy even when they are false. In a heart that rejoices even at what it knows to be a lie, the poem conveys the urgency of love.
Poem 420, the closing poem of Book Seven, laments having not even a word to rely on, while this poem says such words bring joy even when false, portraying from another side a love that clings to words.
First line, 'koiwaburu', means pining with love, the same verb as koiwabite in the first lines of poems 425, 435 and 465 in this book.
Second line, 'kimi ni au chō', means that I will meet you, chō being a contraction of to iu.
Third line, 'koto no ha wa', means words.
Fourth line, 'itsuwari sae zo', means even if false, the particle sae adding emphasis and zo answered by keru in the final line.
Final line, 'ureshikarikeru', means they were a joy, closing with keru, the attributive of the exclamatory keri, in answer to zo in the fourth line.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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