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Kokinshu #400
Monday, 3 June 2013 06:51 Topic unknown.
As a memento
I wrap the white gems on this sleeve
that is departing,
although not tired of you --
and only then do I go.
akazu shite
wakaruru sode no
shiratama o
kimi ga katami to
tsutsumite zo yuku
---L.
As a memento
I wrap the white gems on this sleeve
that is departing,
although not tired of you --
and only then do I go.
—30 May 2013.
Original author unknown. Same opening as #396, though this is obscured by English syntax. The gems are, of course, tears and the sleeve metonymy for the departer. This is most easily read as a man taking his leave of a woman, with the sleeve and tears being his, but other permutations are possible. More properly, "of you" modifies the memento, but moving it sounds more idiomatic.akazu shite
wakaruru sode no
shiratama o
kimi ga katami to
tsutsumite zo yuku
---L.