今よりは心許さじ月影の
行方も知らず人誘ひけり
行方も知らず人誘ひけり
- Roma-ji
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Ima yori wa kokoro yurusaji tsukikage no yukue mo shirazu hito sasoikeri
- English Translation
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From this moment on
I shall never trust again,
for the moon's bright light
lured me out who knows how far,
leading a person astray
- Meaning
- From now on I will not let my guard down, for the moonlight lured me out to wander I know not where.
- Commentary
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Book Eleven Variant Poems 678
From now on the poet will not trust the moonlight, for it has lured people out to wander who knows where. Speaking of having wandered, drawn by the beautiful moon, as though the moon had beguiled him, the poem conveys how deep its charm is.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 206 in Book Three. Poem 189 in Book Three says that if one followed one's heart on seeing the moon one would wander off who knows where, sharing the fourth line yukue mo shirazu with this poem.
First line, 'ima yori wa', means from now on.
Second line, 'kokoro yurusaji', means I will not let my guard down, closing with the negative volitional ji; the poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, 'tsukikage no', means the moonlight, seeing the moon as one who lures people away.
Fourth line, 'yukue mo shirazu', means not knowing where. It is the same as the fourth line of 189 in Book Three.
Final line, 'hito sasoikeri', means it lured people out, closing with the exclamatory keri. It is inverted with the second line.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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