Hyakunin Isshu Oracle

No.82 道因法師(藤原敦頼)「思ひわび さても命は あるものを 憂きに堪へぬは 涙なりけり」

思ひわび さても命は あるものを 憂きに堪へぬは 涙なりけり

道因法師(藤原敦頼)

I endured it — my life did. My tears would not

I endured it — my life did. My tears would not

キーワードKeywords

EnduranceBody SurvivesTears Do NotSeparation of SelfOverflow
Love

道因法師(藤原敦頼)Dōin Hōshi — No. 82 僧・法師Monk

A monk-poet so devoted that he still attended contests past eighty; Shunzei rated him highly.

おもひわび さてもいのちは あるものを うきにたへぬは なみだなりけり

Omoi wabi Satemo inochi wa Aru mono o Uki ni taenu wa Namida nari keri

現代語訳Modern Japanese

コンセプトConcept

情景The Scene

He has survived it — the body kept going, the schedule was kept, the work got done. Only one part of him refused to hold: the tears, which have their own opinion about how bearable this is.

日本の美意識Japanese Aesthetic

Shibumi (Restraint That Leaks)

Composure is credited to the self and collapse is assigned to one organ, which is how real restraint actually fails. Locate the leak precisely; do not describe the flood.