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Text based on 国歌大観 : 五句索引 歌集部 (Kokka taikan: goku sakuin); Kyōbunsha; Date published: 1918 .

戀歌二、1077 | From the 2nd Book of Love. Poem 1077.

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戀歌二、1077 | From the 2nd Book of Love. Poem 1077.

by Eifuku Mon'in 永福門院

Text Source:

二十一代集 第8 (Twenty One Imperial Collections, Vol. 8); Taiyōsha; Date published: 1925

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  • Text based on 国歌大観 : 五句索引 歌集部 (Kokka taikan: goku sakuin); Kyōbunsha; Date published: 1918
  • Translation by Scott Stevens
  • Encoded in TEI P5 XML by Danny Smith
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Transcription
待戀の心を On the topic of waiting for a lover.
何となく今夜ひさへこそ待たれけれあかぬ
c
Critical note:

In many versions of the text there is the variant あかぬ (not be satisfied) instead of あはぬ (not meet). I have chosen the former because scholars seem to have converged on that variant and because it is more emotionally complex, and therefore better coheres with Eifuku’s tendency to explore such emotional complexity.

昨日の心習ひに I don’t know why, since
he won’t come back tonight, but
I expect him to.
Yesterday, I wanted more;
my heart now won’t stop wanting.
Translation
待戀の心を On the topic of waiting for a lover.
何となく今夜ひさへこそ待たれけれあかぬ
c
Critical note:

In many versions of the text there is the variant あかぬ (not be satisfied) instead of あはぬ (not meet). I have chosen the former because scholars seem to have converged on that variant and because it is more emotionally complex, and therefore better coheres with Eifuku’s tendency to explore such emotional complexity.

昨日の心習ひに I don’t know why, since
he won’t come back tonight, but
I expect him to.
Yesterday, I wanted more;
my heart now won’t stop wanting.
Critical Notes
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Critical note:

In many versions of the text there is the variant あかぬ (not be satisfied) instead of あはぬ (not meet). I have chosen the former because scholars seem to have converged on that variant and because it is more emotionally complex, and therefore better coheres with Eifuku’s tendency to explore such emotional complexity.

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