Omoiyaru sakai haruka ni nari ya suru madou yumeji ni au hito no naki - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

思ひやる境はるかになりやする
惑ふ夢路に逢ふ人のなき

Roma-ji: Omoiyaru sakai haruka ni nari ya suru madou yumeji ni au hito no naki
English Translation: Has the distance grown
between us, so far away
for all my longing
on the dream path where I wander
there is no one I can meet
Meaning: Has the distance between us grown so great, for all my longing? On the dream path where I wander, there is no one I can meet.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 524

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet laments that he cannot meet the beloved though he wanders in dreams searching, and wonders whether the distance between them has grown too great. It was believed then that a person who thought of you would appear in your dreams, so failing to meet in dreams meant that hearts had grown apart. In the figure wandering the path of dreams, the anxiety and loneliness of love seep through.

First line, "Has the distance grown": omoiyaru means to send one's thoughts to someone far away.
Second line, "between us, so far away": sakai means a boundary or separation, expressing the distance between the poet and the beloved.
Third line, "for all my longing": nari ya suru means "has it become?", with ya interrogative, forming a kakari-musubi with suru. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "on the dream path where I wander": yumeji is the path one travels in dreams. Taking up "how I wander" from the preceding poem, 523, it now sings of wandering within a dream.
Fifth line, "there is no one I can meet": au hito no naki means there is no one to meet, ending in the attributive form to leave a lingering sigh.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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