Hitohi ni wa chie shikushiku ni aga kouru imo ga atari ni shigure fure mimu

一日には千重しくしくに我が恋ふる
妹があたりにしぐれ降れ見む

Roma-ji: Hitohi ni wa chie shikushiku ni aga kouru imo ga atari ni shigure fure mimu
English Translation: In a single day
a thousand times, over and over,
I long for her so—
where my darling makes her home,
showers, fall! I'll watch them fall.
Meaning: Over and over, a thousand times in a single day, I long for my wife—let the autumn showers fall where she lives, and I will watch them.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2234

Headnote: "On Rain"
This poem wishes that showers would fall around the home of the wife for whom the speaker longs a thousand times a day, so he may gaze at them. Its headnote is "On Rain." By watching the showers fall where his distant wife lives, it shows a wish at least to share the same scene with her. In wishing showers to fall, it stands in contrast to poems like 2179 that ask the showers not to fall.
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, "in one day," sets the span.
In the second line, "chie shikushiku ni," "chie" means a thousandfold and "shikushiku" means again and again.
The third line, "whom I love," names the beloved.
The fourth line, "around my wife's home," names the place.
In the last line, "shigure fure mimu," "fure" is an imperative and "mu" expresses intention, closing with the wish to watch the showers.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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