Monday, October 18, 2021

Poem in the Man'yōshū (MYS IV: 685) by Ōtomo of Sakanoue, date 8th century

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The poem:

人言を繁みか君が二鞘の家を隔てて戀ひつつまさむ

Romaji transliteration (in reconstructed Old Japanese):

pitögötö wo
sigëmi ka kimi ga
puta saya nö
ipe wo pedatete
kopitutu masamu

English translation:

Is it people’s talk
So lush – that you,
The twin-scabbard
Of your house a hindrance,
Must yearn for me?

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