Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.56 和泉式部「あらざらむ この世のほかの 思ひ出に 今ひとたびの 逢ふこともがな」

あらざらむ この世のほかの 思ひ出に 今ひとたびの 逢ふこともがな

和泉式部

one more meeting — something to take with me

one more meeting — something to take with me

キーワードKeywords

Beyond This WorldOne More MeetingMemory to TakeIllnessFarewell
Love

和泉式部Izumi Shikibu — No. 56 女房・姫Court Lady

A lady-in-waiting known for the heat of her love poems, and for a life of open affairs recorded in her diary.

あらざらむ このよのほかの おもひでに いまひとたびの あふこともがな

Arazaran Kono yo no hoka no Omoide ni Ima hitotabi no Au koto mo gana

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

She is ill and does not expect to be here long. What she asks for is not recovery: one more meeting, to carry as a memory into wherever comes next, like packing a single object for a journey.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Mujō (Impermanence Accepted)

The request is framed as luggage for the afterlife, which converts desperation into precision. When the frame is final, one specific request outweighs any amount of pleading.