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Hyakunin #21
Sunday, 17 January 2010 08:59 Just because you said
you would be coming at once
I waited all night,
but by dawn all that appeared
was the moon of the Long Month.
ima komu to
iishi bakari ni
nagatsuki no
ariake no tsuki o
machiidetsuru kana
---L.
you would be coming at once
I waited all night,
but by dawn all that appeared
was the moon of the Long Month.
—4 January 2010
Original by Sosei, writing in the persona of a woman. Gee Grandma, what a bizarre compound verb you have, each part having a different subject. The Long Month (nagatsuki) was another name for the Ninth Month of the former lunisolar calendar-- the moon viewing month, because moon was supposed to linger in the sky for longer.ima komu to
iishi bakari ni
nagatsuki no
ariake no tsuki o
machiidetsuru kana
---L.