Aiomowanu imo o ya motona suga no ne no nagaki haruhi o omoikurasamu

相思はぬ妹をやもとな菅の根の
長き春日を思ひ暮らさむ

Roma-ji: Aiomowanu imo o ya motona suga no ne no nagaki haruhi o omoikurasamu
English Translation: One who loves me not—
must I, all to no avail,
sedge roots stretching long,
through the long, long day of spring
pass the hours thinking of her?
Meaning: Must I spend this long spring day, long as the sedge roots, thinking in vain of a girl who does not love me?
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Love Poems 1934

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems in Dialogue"
This poem laments a one-sided love, spending the long spring day thinking of someone who does not return the feeling. The word "motona" shows the emptiness of a heart that cannot help thinking of her though it knows it will not be rewarded. Like 1921 it uses the phrase "suga no ne no nagaki haruhi o," lamenting a long spring day spent in longing. It is thought to form an exchange with the next poem, 1935.

The first line, "aiomowanu," not loving in return, is hypermetric.
In the second line, "imo o ya motona," "ya" is an interrogative particle in kakari-musubi with "mu" in the last line, and "motona" means to no purpose.
The third line, "suga no ne no," is a pillow word for "long," the same as in 1921.
The fourth line, "the long spring day," names the length of the day.
In the last line, "omoikurasamu," "mu" answers the "ya" of the second line, closing with a lament at a day spent in one-sided love.
Source: Manyoshu
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