Koishiku wa kenagaki mono o ima dani mo tomoshimubeshi ya aubeki yo dani

恋ひしくは日長きものを今だにも
ともしむべしや逢ふべき夜だに

Roma-ji: Koishiku wa kenagaki mono o ima dani mo tomoshimubeshi ya aubeki yo dani
English Translation: The time of longing
is so long, so many days,
yet even now, here,
should you leave me wanting still,
on the night that we should meet?
Meaning: The days of longing are so long—so should you leave me wanting even now, on the one night we are meant to meet?
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2017

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Tanabata"
This poem pleads that, since the days of longing are so long, at least tonight, the night of meeting, the speaker should not be left unsatisfied. It shows an earnest wish to spend a fulfilled time on the one night of meeting in a year, cherishing it. It shares the reluctance of "akidara ni" in 2009, and the lament over the shortness of the meeting recurs in the series.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet of the Asuka period, active under Empress Jitō and Emperor Monmu. The left note records that this poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection, and it is uncertain whether it is Hitomaro's own work or a poem by someone else that he recorded.

The first line, "koishiku wa," the longing, uses the nominalized form of "koishi."
In the second line, "kenagaki mono o," "mono o" is adversative: though the days are long.
The third line, "ima dani mo," means even now.
In the fourth line, "tomoshimubeshi ya," "tomoshimu" means to leave wanting and "ya" is rhetorical. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "aubeki yo dani," "dani" means at least; by inversion it names the time of the wish at the end.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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