Ikusa no Oukimi
Mist arrives
And the long spring sun has set,
But I do not understand
The pain of this capricious heart.
From behind,
A thrush cries,
Like a beautiful sash
That hangs in the wind—
A wind that travels
From across the mountains
To carry my distant Lord, the Emperor—
For I am alone both morning and night.
I’ve grown old, I know,
Sleeping on the grass
And traveling to heal myself
at this seaside village.
The girls
Are burning salt from water—
As my feelings burn too,
Away from home.
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軍王
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軍王
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Ikusa no Oukimi
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霞立
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霞立つ
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Kasumi tatsu
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長春日乃
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長き春日の
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Nagaki haruhi no
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晩家流
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暮れにける
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Kure ni keru
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和豆肝之良受
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わづきも知らず
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Wazuki mo shirazu
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村肝乃
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むらきもの
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Mura gimo no
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心乎痛見
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心を痛み
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Kokoro wo itami
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奴要子鳥
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ぬえこ鳥
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Nueko dori
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卜歎居者
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うら泣け居れば
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Ura nake oreba
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珠手次
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玉たすき
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Tama tasuki
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懸乃宜久
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懸けのよろしく
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Kake no yoroshiku
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遠神
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遠つ神
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Totsu kami
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吾大王乃
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我が大君の
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Waga ohkimi no
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行幸能
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行幸の
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Idemashi no
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山越風乃
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山越す風の
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Yasu-kosu kaze no
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獨<座>
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ひとり居る
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Hitori oru
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吾衣手尓
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我が衣手に
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Waga koromode ni
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朝夕尓
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朝夕に
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Asa-Yoi ni
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還比奴礼婆
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返らひぬれば
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Kaera-inure ba
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大夫登
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大夫と
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Masurao to
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念有我母
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思へる我れも
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Omo-eru ware mo
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草枕
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草枕
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Kusamakura
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客尓之有者
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旅にしあれば
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Tabinishi areba
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思遣
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思ひ遣る
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Omoi yaru
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鶴寸乎白土
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たづきを知らに
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Tazuki wo sira-ni
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網能浦之
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網の浦の
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Ami no ura no
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海處女等之
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海人娘子らが
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Ama-otome raga
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焼塩乃
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焼く塩の
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Yaku-shio no
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念曽所焼
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思ひぞ焼くる
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Omoizo yakuru
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吾下情
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我が下心
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Waga shita-gokoro
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Translation Notes
A poem made by Ikusa no Okimi, when he traveled with Jyo-mei
to Sanuki county.
to Sanuki county.
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霞立つ
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Mist/haze has come
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長き春日の
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The long spring sun
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暮れにける
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Has finished/sunset
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わづきも知らず
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I [moon/with] know not
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むらきもの
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Capricious [this word leads 心(heart)]
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心を痛み
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Heart pain
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ぬえこ鳥
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Scaly-thrush
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うら泣け居れば
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Bottom cry am-doing
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玉たすき
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Beautiful sash/kimono-cord
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懸けのよろしく
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Hung just-like [as if in a breeze]
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遠つ神
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Distant lord [leads to ohkimi(大君)]
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我が大君の
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Our emperor
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行幸の
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Imperial visit ’s [the mountain from where he had come]
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山越す風の
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Mountain cross-over breeze
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ひとり居る
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Alone being
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我が衣手に
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My sleeves
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朝夕に
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Morning night
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返らひぬれば
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Return (Breeze) comes (to my sleeves) again-and-again
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大夫と
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Matured man
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思へる我れも
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(I) recognize myself as (matured man)
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草枕
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Overnight traveling / sleeping on grass
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旅にしあれば
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Travel since
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思ひ遣る
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Feeling send [to heal myself]
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たづきを知らに
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That do know not [how to heal myself]
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網の浦の
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Netting ’s bay ’s [in the seaside village]
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海人娘子らが
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Diver girls are
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焼く塩の
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Burning salt [boiling sea water to make salt]
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思ひぞ焼くる
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Feeling burned comes [miss home]
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我が下心
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My secret-feeling [this is what’s on my mind]
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