Ame ni yori tamino no shima o kyō yukedo na ni wa kakurenu mono ni zo arikeru - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

雨によりたみのの島を今日行けど
なには隠れぬものにぞありける

Roma-ji: Ame ni yori tamino no shima o kyō yukedo na ni wa kakurenu mono ni zo arikeru
English Translation: Because of the rain
I pass today through Tamino,
isle of the rain-cape—
yet its name, as at Naniwa,
hides no one from the rain.
Meaning: Because of the rain, today I pass by the isle of Tamino, named for a rain-cape, yet its name alone, here near Naniwa, gives no shelter from the rain.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems I 918

Headnote: "Composed when caught in the rain at the isle of Tamino on the way to Naniwa"
Composed when caught in the rain at the isle of Tamino on the way to Naniwa. Though the island shares its name with the straw rain-cape, its name alone offers no shelter from the rain: a playful, witty poem that makes use of the place name.
The author, "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki, son of Ki no Mochiyuki, the leading compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of its kana preface. He is one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals.

First line "ame ni yori" means "because of the rain," setting the situation.
Second line "tamino no shima o" is a pivot word joining the place name Tamino and mino, a rain-cape. Poem 913 in this book also sings of the isle of Tamino.
Third line "kyō yukedo" uses the adversative do: though I go by today.
Fourth line "na ni wa kakurenu": naniwa is a pivot word joining "by name" and the place name Naniwa, meaning the name "rain-cape" alone does not hide one from the rain.
Fifth line "mono ni zo arikeru" closes zo with keru, showing the surprise of a sudden realization.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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