Couple of classical Japanese questions


I found a poem by Nagai Kafu entitled 震災 (The Earthquake) in a volume of
Japanese prose and poetry. It's a short poem about the Ansei Edo Earthquake
(安政江戸地震) in 1855 which destroyed the red light district Yoshiwara. I reproduce
the parts of the poem which I have some questions about:

> 今の世の若き人々
>
> われにな問いにそ今の世と
>
> また来る時代の藝術を

What is the structure of われにな問いにそ? I understand it's construed as a negative
imperative ("Do not ask me ...") but I don't recognise the syntax.

> われは明治の兒ならずや

I understand that -ならず is the 未然形 of なり, but what is the correct translation
of ならず + や?

> わが感激の泉とくに枯れたり

Is there an adverb とくに in this line, or am I parsing it incorrectly?




[This article](http://mokuou.blogspot.jp/2010/11/blog-post_16.html) seems to
show what the original poem is like.

> われに **な問ひそ** 今の世と

The original text goes like this. The `な V そ` sandwich (`V` takes 連用形 except
for す and 来 become 未然形, せ and こ) is a common Classical pattern for negative
imperative "please don't", which is given [a detailed
explanation](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9D) in Japanese dictionary.

> われは明治の兒ならずや

`negative` + 係助詞 [`や`](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%84) (no
particular order) are combined to be rhetorical question. So here it says "Am
I not a child of Meiji (times)?", or in this context, "Know you not, I am a
child of Meiji?"

> わが感激の泉とくに枯れたり

There is an adverb とくに, means
"[already](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/158236/m0u/)"; not the one
means "[especially](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/158236/m0u/)".




[This article](http://mokuou.blogspot.jp/2010/11/blog-post_16.html) seems to
show what the original poem is like.

> われに **な問ひそ** 今の世と

The original text goes like this. The `な V そ` sandwich (`V` takes 連用形 except
for す and 来 become 未然形, せ and こ) is a common Classical pattern for negative
imperative "please don't", which is given [a detailed
explanation](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9D) in Japanese dictionary.

> われは明治の兒ならずや

`negative` + 係助詞 [`や`](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%84) (no
particular order) are combined to be rhetorical question. So here it says "Am
I not a child of Meiji (times)?", or in this context, "Know you not, I am a
child of Meiji?"

> わが感激の泉とくに枯れたり

There is an adverb とくに, means
"[already](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/158236/m0u/)"; not the one
means "[especially](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/158236/m0u/)".

