Wagimoko ga yotode no sugata miteshi yori kokoro sora nari tsuchi wa fumedomo

我妹子が夜戸出の姿見てしより
心空なり地は踏めども

Roma-ji: Wagimoko ga yotode no sugata miteshi yori kokoro sora nari tsuchi wa fumedomo
English Translation: Ever since I saw
my darling at her door at night
seeing me away,
my heart floats in the sky,
though my feet still tread the earth
Meaning: Ever since I saw my beloved come out to her door at night to see me off, my heart has been in the sky, though my feet still tread the ground.
Commentary: Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts Directly 2950

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts Directly"
A man sings that ever since he saw his beloved come out to her door at night to see him off, his heart has been floating. That brief glimpse is burned into his mind, leaving him unable to keep his feet on the ground.
The poet is unknown. Book Twelve, titled the second part of "Love Poems Exchanged Old and New," gathers love poems by people whose names have not come down to us, arranged by category.

Line one, "wagimoko ga," means "my darling."
Line two, "yotode no sugata," is the figure of a woman stepping out to her door at night to see a man off.
Line three, "miteshi yori," means "ever since I saw."
Line four, "kokoro sora nari," means "my heart is in the sky," and the poem pauses here.
Line five, "tsuchi wa fumedomo," means "though I tread the earth," the same final line as poem 2887 in this book.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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