Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.16 中納言行平(在原行平)「立ち別れ いなばの山の 峰に生ふる まつとし聞かば 今帰り来む」

立ち別れ いなばの山の 峰に生ふる まつとし聞かば 今帰り来む

中納言行平(在原行平)

pines on that far ridge — say you wait, and I return

pines on that far ridge — say you wait, and I return

キーワードKeywords

FarewellPine / WaitingPromiseMountain PassReturn
★★★ Parting

中納言行平(在原行平)Ariwara no Yukihira — No. 16 公卿Court Noble

Elder brother of Narihira; his poem of farewell survives from the moment he left the capital to govern Inaba.

たちわかれ いなばのやまの みねにおふる まつとしきかば いまかへりこむ

Tachi-wakare Inaba no yama no Mine ni ōru Matsu to shi kikaba Ima kaeri komu

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

A mountain road at the edge of the capital, horses waiting, the appointment already late. He turns back for the last sentence. On the far ridge where he is being sent, pines grow — and the word for pine is the word for waiting. If you wait, he says, I turn around immediately.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kakekotoba (Pivot Word)

A single sound holds a tree and a promise, so the landscape itself becomes the vow. Look for the pivot in your own material — the note that belongs to two chords, the frame that belongs to two scenes. Structure carries feeling better than adjectives do.