Kokinshu #369
Kokinshu #369
Written the night of a farewell party at the house of Prince Sadatoki when Fujiwara no Kiyofu was leaving to become Vice-Governor of Ômi.
Today we part and,
though I think that tomorrow
we'll meet in Ômi,
it must be that night has grown late --
my sleeves are getting dew-soaked.
kyô wakare
asu wa au mi to
omoedomo
yo ya fukenuramu
sode no tsuyukeki
---L.
Written the night of a farewell party at the house of Prince Sadatoki when Fujiwara no Kiyofu was leaving to become Vice-Governor of Ômi.
Today we part and,
though I think that tomorrow
we'll meet in Ômi,
it must be that night has grown late --
my sleeves are getting dew-soaked.
—26 February 2013
Original by Ki no Toshisada. The start of an arc of more traditional partings between men, most composed for public occasions. That said, neither the occasion nor appointment are otherwise recorded, but it must have been before Toshisada's death in 881. Pivot-word obscured by modern sound changes: au mi is both "one(s) who meet" / Ômi Province (modern Shiga Prefecture) -- at the time, Ômi's ô was pronounced and written as au. The soaking is clearly meant to be from tears.kyô wakare
asu wa au mi to
omoedomo
yo ya fukenuramu
sode no tsuyukeki
---L.