Awazu shite koyoi akenaba haru no hi no nagaku ya hito o tsurashi to omowamu - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

逢はずして今宵明けなば春の日の
長くや人をつらしと思はむ

Roma-ji: Awazu shite koyoi akenaba haru no hi no nagaku ya hito o tsurashi to omowamu
English Translation: If, without our meeting,
this night should turn into dawn,
like a day in spring,
will I long think of you
as one heartless and cruel
Meaning: If this night should break into dawn without our meeting, will I, like the long days of spring, go on thinking you cruel for a long, long time?
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 624

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
If this night ends without a meeting, the poet says, I will resent the beloved as long as a long spring day. Overlaying the length of spring days on the length of resentment, it expresses an urgent wish to meet tonight of all nights.
The author, recorded as Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, is Minamoto no Muneyuki. He was a son of Prince Koretada, a son of Emperor Koko; he left the imperial family with the surname Minamoto and became Master of the Western Capital Office. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals.

The first line, "awazu shite," means "while still not having met."
The second line, "koyoi akenaba," states a condition with na, the irrealis of the perfective nu, plus ba.
The third line, "haru no hi no," leads into "long," since spring days are long, working like a preface.
The fourth line, "nagaku ya hito o," overlaps the length of days with the length of time, and raises a question with ya, resolved in the last line.
The final line, "tsurashi to omowamu," closes the ya construction with the attributive of the conjectural mu: "will I think you cruel?"
Author: Minamoto no Muneyuki
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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