Isonokami furinishi koi no kamisabite tataru ni ware wa i zo nekanetsuru - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

石上古りにし恋の神さびて
たたるに我は寝ぞ寝かねつる

Roma-ji: Isonokami furinishi koi no kamisabite tataru ni ware wa i zo nekanetsuru
English Translation: Like Isonokami,
a love grown old with the years
has become a god,
and its curse is such that I
cannot sleep a wink at all
Meaning: My love has grown so old that it has turned into a god, and it curses me so that I cannot get to sleep.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Forms 1022

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet complains that a love grown old over the years has become like a god and curses him with sleeplessness. Treating love as a deity and using the exaggerated word "tataru," to curse, gives the poem its haikai quality. The opening "isonokami" echoes in sound with the closing "i zo ne."
The author is unknown and is recorded as "Anonymous."

First line, "Isonokami," is a pillow word for "furu," from Furu, the site of Isonokami Shrine.
Second line, "furinishi koi no," means a love that has grown old with the years.
Third line, "kamisabite," means to grow venerable and godlike with age, treating love as a deity.
Fourth line, "tataru ni ware wa," says that love torments him as a god inflicts a curse.
Fifth line, "i zo nekanetsuru," uses "i," sleep, with "zo" answered by the attributive "tsuru." It echoes the sound of "isonokami" in the first line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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