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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 .

戀歌五、1388 | From the 5th Book of Love. Poem 1388.

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戀歌五、1388 | From the 5th Book of Love. Poem 1388.

by Eifuku Mon'in 永福門院

Text Source:

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

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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
題志らず Topic unknown.
人の捨てし哀を獨り身にとめて歎き殘れるはてぞ久しき
c
Critical note:

One significant variant for poem #1388 is the word 悲しき (sad, tragic) in some manuscripts instead of 久しき (long ago), which appears in the Kokka taikan transcription.

 Loved ones tossed aside
tenderness, which, all alone,
I’ve been clinging to.
I grieve, long since left behind
to face the end of my life.
Translation
題志らず Topic unknown.
人の捨てし哀を獨り身にとめて歎き殘れるはてぞ久しき
c
Critical note:

One significant variant for poem #1388 is the word 悲しき (sad, tragic) in some manuscripts instead of 久しき (long ago), which appears in the Kokka taikan transcription.

 Loved ones tossed aside
tenderness, which, all alone,
I’ve been clinging to.
I grieve, long since left behind
to face the end of my life.
Critical Notes
Transcription
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Critical note:

One significant variant for poem #1388 is the word 悲しき (sad, tragic) in some manuscripts instead of 久しき (long ago), which appears in the Kokka taikan transcription.

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