Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.20 元良親王「わびぬれば 今はた同じ 難波なる 身をつくしても 逢はむとぞ思ふ」

わびぬれば 今はた同じ 難波なる 身をつくしても 逢はむとぞ思ふ

元良親王

ruin me like a channel post — I am going to see you

ruin me like a channel post — I am going to see you

キーワードKeywords

Channel MarkerRuinAll or NothingReputationReckless Vow
Love

元良親王Prince Motoyoshi — No. 20 帝・皇族Sovereign

A son of Retired Emperor Yōzei, a prince surrounded by romantic rumor who left a great many exchanged poems.

わびぬれば いまはたおなじ なにはなる みをつくしても あはむとぞおもふ

Wabinureba Ima hata onaji Naniwa naru Mi o tsukushitemo Awan to zo omou

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

Channel markers standing in the shallows off Naniwa, planted in mud, taking the current forever. He has passed the point where discretion could still protect him: ruin him, then — he intends to see her.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Kakekotoba (Layered Word)

A navigation marker and self-destruction share a sound, so the landscape states the risk for him. Let a single word do the confessing and the line stops sounding like melodrama.