Hito ni awamu tsuki no naki ni wa omoi okite mune hashiribi ni kokoro yake ori - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人に逢はむつきのなきにはおもひおきて
胸はしり火に心焼けをり

Roma-ji: Hito ni awamu tsuki no naki ni wa omoi okite mune hashiribi ni kokoro yake ori
English Translation: To meet my beloved
there is no moon, no way at all,
so, sleepless, my love
burns as embers, sparks leap in my breast,
and my heart is seared with flame
Meaning: On moonless nights, when I have no way to meet him, I lie awake as the fire of longing smolders like embers; my breast crackles with leaping sparks, and my heart is burning.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Forms 1030

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Stringing together pivot words tied to fire, "tsuki," "omoi," "oki," and "hashiribi," the poem piles up images of flame to convey the sleepless agony of love. Like the preceding poem, it plays on "tsuki" as moon and means, answering it in the arrangement.
The author is Ono no Komachi. Her origins are uncertain, but she was a woman poet active around the reign of Emperor Ninmyō and is one of the Six Poetic Immortals and the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "Hito ni awamu," means for meeting him, and has an extra syllable.
Second line, "tsuki no naki ni wa," is a pivot word joining moon and "tsuki," a means. It answers "tsukinami" in the preceding poem.
Third line, "omoi okite," hides "hi," fire, in "omoi," and joins "oki," lying awake, with "oki," embers. The line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, "mune hashiribi ni," is a pivot word joining "munahashiri," a racing heart, and "hashiribi," leaping sparks.
Fifth line, "kokoro yake ori," closes with "yake," burn, an associated word of fire; "ori" marks a continuing state.
Author: Ono no Komachi
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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