Kokinshu #389
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lnhammer Written when Sane said, "Now return home from here."
Because I have gone
out of my mind with yearning
to come along with you,
I can't even comprehend
which road is the way for home.
shitawarete
kinishi kokoro no
mi ni shi areba
kaeru sama ni wa
michi mo shirarezu
---L.
Because I have gone
out of my mind with yearning
to come along with you,
I can't even comprehend
which road is the way for home.
—10 May 2013
Original by Fujiwara no Kanemochi. Apparently a direct reply to the previous. Most of the time, I translate kokoro as "heart" as that usually encompasses the most relevant senses of the original, but the conceit here hinges on a sense involving awareness or intelligence. To convey this, my rendering is more free than usual -- more literally it's, "Because my yearning-and-has-come spirit/heart is with you, I don't know even the road that's the return way." Either way, not the best of poems, though the echo of kinishi/mi ni shi is a neat touch.shitawarete
kinishi kokoro no
mi ni shi areba
kaeru sama ni wa
michi mo shirarezu
---L.