GSS 508
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Text
しのびたりける人にものがたりし侍けるを、人のさはがしく侍ければ、まかりかへりてつかはしける
つらゆき
暁と 何かいひけむ わかるれば 夜ゐもいとこそ わびしかりけれ
Translation
He was chatting with someone he met in secret, and people were making a commotion, so he returned home and sent this
Why do they talk about the dawn? When we have parted it is the evening when I suffer.
Textual Notes
- Preface
- しのびたりける] しのびたる（中・堀・雲・胡・慶・坊・承・正）
- ものがたりし侍けるを] ものいひし侍りけるを（荒・片）、ものがたりをし侍けるを（雲・慶）、ものがたりしけるを（胡）、ものがたりし侍るを（坊）
- 人の] 人めの（中）、人め（荒・片・堀・雲・慶・坊・胡・承・正）
- さはがしく侍ければ] さわがしくなりければ（中・承・正・八ィ・新ィ）、さはがしかりければ（堀・雲・胡）、さはがし侍りければ（慶）
- まかりかへりて] かへりて（堀）、まかりさりて（荒・片・安）
- Poem
- 暁と] 暁を（中・堀・片*・雲・坊・八ィ・新ィ・正保版本ィ）
- わびしかりけれ] かなしかりけれ（安*）
Other Sources
- 古今和歌六帖２８００・よひのま・つらゆき. First line あかつきを. Second line なにしいひけむ.
- 貫之集（西本願寺本）５１９ (according to 新注)
Notes
- ものがたりし
- Although sometimes this can be a euphemism for sex, here it is probably intended to be literal "chatting", although chatting that will lead to a sexual encounter. But Tsurayuki has to leave before they can actually do anything more.
- 人さはがしく
- A possible interpretation is that the woman is in palace service, a place that has little privacy for secret love encounters of this type.
- 暁と
- あかつき（諸本）. People generally say that the dawn when they have to part is the sad time. With the alternate reading of を, it may recall criticism of the dawn found in poems like KKS 625 (新抄).
- 夜ゐ
- This seems to be Teika's preferred spelling of the word; the normal "historical" spelling is よひ. This refers to the first part of the night.
Analysis
Tsurayuki's intent here is to build off the common "parting" poetry where the man laments the hated dawn that forces him to separate from his lover. This time he has had to return as soon as the sun set, and this becomes the part of the night he hates.
Possibly the poem was influenced by KKS 625:
- 有明のつれなく見えし別より暁ばかりうき物はなし
- Nothing is as sorrowful as the ruthless dawn, moon still in the sky, after you've parted from your love.