Session 15—Koi no uta from the Kokinshū and the Shin-Kokinshū
Topics for this session
- Three KKS Book II love poems by Ono no Komachi
- Grammar construct 〜らむ
- 現在、目の前 (basically)
- Grammar construct や、、、推量の助動詞
- to make a question or a rhetorical question (not 終助詞「 ばや」 which means 〜たい)
- Grammar construct せば、、、まし
- "impossible if" (states an unlikely hypothetical)
- Grammar construct てふ
(pronounced ちょう)
- 〜といふ
- 〜といふ
Poems for this session
- 22 思ひつつ寝ればや人の見えつらむ。夢と知りせばさめざらましを。
- 23 うたたねに恋しき人を見てしより、夢てふものはたのみそめてき。
- 24 いとせめて恋しき時は、むばたまの夜の衣をかへしてぞ着る。
Details
22 思ひつつ寝ればや人の見えつらむ。夢と知りせばさめざらましを。
おもひ | つつ | ぬれ | ば | や | ひと | の | みえ | つ | らむ | ゆめ | と | しり | せ | ば | さめ | ざら | まし | を
Collection: KKS 0552 • 恋 (Book II)
Author: 小野小町 (おののこまち) Poems by her on these J130 session pages: 22, 23, 24. We are also attributing Poem 11 to her, and her introduction is there.
23 うたたねに恋しき人を見てしより、夢てふものはたのみそめてき。
うたたね | に | こひしき | ひと | を | み | て | し | より | ゆめ | てふ | もの | は | たのみそめ | て | き
Collection: KKS 0553 • 恋 (Book II)
Author: 小野小町 (おののこまち) Poems by her on these J130 session pages: 22, 23, 24. We are also attributing Poem 11 to her, and her introduction is there.
24 いとせめて恋しき時は、むばたまの夜の衣をかへしてぞ着る。
いと | せめて | こひしき | とき | は | むばたまの | よる | の | ころも | を | かへし | て | ぞ | きる
Collection: KKS 0554 • 恋 (Book II)
Author: 小野小町 (おののこまち) Poems by her on these J130 session pages: 22, 23, 24. We are also attributing Poem 11 to her, and her introduction is there.
Notes
Sleeping with reversed robes was believed to help invite your lover to you at nighttime.
Special requests for preparing this poem
- Know the sorts of words that the 枕詞「むばたまの」 is attached to.
Poems are covered in the order presented. We may not be able to discuss all poems listed. It is likely that I will add links and preparation requests as we go along, even in the last hour before class. There is no class participation grade so all of this work is optional, but interesting, and will enhance your ability to share in the session. Poem details are given in class and not repeated. Take excellent notes. They are the basis for the test. Our course goals in order of priority: 1) above all, appreciation of the poem as a poem, 2) understanding the components of the poems (the words in their function as grammar and their history in poems), 3) details of authors and collections. Prepare with these priorities in mind.