Aimiraku akidaranedomo inanome no akesarinikeri funade semu tsuma

相見らく飽き足らねどもいなのめの
明けさりにけり舟出せむ妻

Roma-ji: Aimiraku akidaranedomo inanome no akesarinikeri funade semu tsuma
English Translation: Though our meeting's time
has not yet filled us full,
like the dawn's first light,
now the day has broken through;
I must set my boat out, wife.
Meaning: Though I have not had my fill of being with you, dawn has broken. I must set out in my boat, my wife.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2022

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Tanabata"
In this poem the Herdsman, not yet satisfied with their meeting, tells his wife that dawn has come and he must set out in his boat. The ache of having to say farewell while still loath to part is packed into the closing address to his wife. The Herdsman who asked the cock not to crow in the preceding poem here finally meets the dawn and says goodbye, so the end of the meeting is depicted in sequence within 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.

In the first line, "aimiraku," the nominalized form of "aimiru," means our meeting.
The second line, "akidaranedomo," though not satisfied, uses the adversative "domo."
The third line, "inanome no," is a pillow word attached to "dawn."
In the fourth line, "akesarinikeri," "akesaru" means dawn is coming and "keri" expresses realization. The poem breaks here.
The last line, "funade semu tsuma," let us set out, my wife, closes as an address.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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