Yū sareba monomoi masaru mishi hito no koto tou sugata omokage ni shite

夕されば物思ひまさる見し人の
言とふ姿面影にして

Roma-ji: Yū sareba monomoi masaru mishi hito no koto tou sugata omokage ni shite
English Translation: When the evening comes,
all my brooding thoughts grow deep;
him I once beheld,
speaking gently, as he did,
rises in my mind's own eye
Meaning: When evening comes my longing deepens, for the image of the one I met, speaking to me, rises before my eyes.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 602

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
When evening falls her brooding deepens, as the image of the one she met, speaking to her, rises before her. At dusk, the hour of love, the lover's image returns with all its ache.
The author, Lady Kasa, was a woman poet of the Nara period who sent many love poems to Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Little else is known of her.

First line, "When the evening comes," uses saru, of time coming round: when evening arrives.
Second line, "all my brooding thoughts grow deep," means my brooding increases; the poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "him I once beheld," means the one I have seen.
Fourth line, "speaking gently, as he did," means his form as he spoke to me.
Fifth line, "rises in my mind's own eye," means as an image in my mind, giving by inversion the reason her longing deepens.
Author: Lady Kasa
Source: Manyoshu
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