Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.52 藤原道信朝臣「明けぬれば 暮るるものとは 知りながら なほ恨めしき 朝ぼらけかな」

明けぬれば 暮るるものとは 知りながら なほ恨めしき 朝ぼらけかな

藤原道信朝臣

night comes back, I know that — I still hate this light

night comes back, I know that — I still hate this light

キーワードKeywords

Dawn PartingKnowing BetterResentmentNight Will ReturnDaybreak
Love

藤原道信朝臣Fujiwara no Michinobu — No. 52 公卿Court Noble

A noble gifted in both looks and verse, dead at twenty-three.

あけぬれば くるるものとは しりながら なほうらめしき あさぼらけかな

Akenureba Kururu mono to wa Shirinagara Nao urameshiki Asaborake kana

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

He knows the sun will go down again tonight and he will see her; the logic is airtight. He resents the grey light at the window anyway. Understanding does not help.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mono no Aware (Feeling Over Logic)

The poem states its own counterargument and loses to it on purpose. Admitting that you know better, then feeling it anyway, is one of the most honest moves available.