Aimite wa chitose ya inuru ina o kamo are ya shika mou kimi machigate ni

相見ては千年やいぬるいなをかも
我れやしか思ふ君待ちがてに

Roma-ji: Aimite wa chitose ya inuru ina o kamo are ya shika mou kimi machigate ni
English Translation: Since last we met—
have a thousand years gone by?
Or is it not so?
Is it only I who feel it,
unable to wait for you?
Meaning: Since we last met, have a thousand years gone by? Or not? Is it only I who feel so, unable to bear waiting for you?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3470

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
It feels as if a thousand years have passed since they met, though it cannot be; is it only she, so weary of waiting, who feels it? So a woman sings. Exaggerating the wait to a thousand years and piling question on question, she shows her longing.
A note in the text says it "appears in the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection." Like 3351 from Hitachi, it sets "ina o kamo" in the third line and builds up questions. Book Eleven has a similar poem.
The poet is unknown. The Azuma uta are thought to have been sung among the people of the eastern provinces, and they are marked by plain, open-hearted expression mixed with local dialect.

First line, "aimite wa": "Since we met," taking their last meeting as the starting point.
Second line, "chitose ya inuru": "Ya" is an interrogative binding particle answered by the attributive "nuru."
Third line, "ina o kamo": "Or is it not so?"—the same line as in 3351.
Fourth line, "are ya shika mou": "Shika" means so, and "ya" asks a question.
Final line, "kimi machigate ni": "Gate ni" means unable: unable to wait. The inversion gives the reason at the end.
Source: Manyoshu
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