Koko ni arite kasuga ya izuchi amatsutsumi idete yukaneba koitsutsu zo oru

ここにありて春日やいづち雨障み
出でて行かねば恋ひつつぞ居る

Roma-ji: Koko ni arite kasuga ya izuchi amatsutsumi idete yukaneba koitsutsu zo oru
English Translation: Here where I am now,
which way, I wonder, lies Kasuga?
Kept in by the rain,
since I cannot venture out,
here I stay, and long, and long
Meaning: From here, which way lies Kasuga? Kept in by the rain, I cannot go out, and so I stay here longing.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1570

Headnote: "Two poems by Fujiwara no Ason Yatsuka"
From here he cannot even tell which way Kasuga lies, and since the rain keeps him from going out, he stays longing for it. Thinking of Kasuga and someone there, he expresses the frustration of being unable to move because of the rain.
The author, Fujiwara no Yatsuka, was a son of Fujiwara no Fusasaki; he later changed his name to Matate and rose to Major Counselor.

The first line, with an extra syllable, means "being here."
The second line, with the interrogative "ya," asks which way Kasuga lies, and the poem pauses here.
The third line, "amatsutsumi," means refraining from going out because of rain.
The fourth line means "since I do not go out." Whereas Ōtomo no Yakamochi's 1568 in this book goes out after being shut in by rain and sees Mount Kasuga, this poem longs for Kasuga while kept in by the rain, forming a contrast around the same rain and the same place.
The final line forms a kakari-musubi between "zo" and the attributive "oru," stressing that he goes on longing.
Author: Fujiwara no Yatsuka
Source: Manyoshu
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