Kashikoki ya ame no mikado o kaketsureba ne nomi shi nakayu asayoi ni shite

畏きや天の御門を懸けつれば
音のみし泣かゆ朝夕にして

Roma-ji: Kashikoki ya ame no mikado o kaketsureba ne nomi shi nakayu asayoi ni shite
English Translation: Awesome and august,
when I think upon the gate
of heaven's palace,
I cannot help but weep aloud
every morning, every night
Meaning: When I think of the awesome sovereign of the heavenly court, I cannot help but weep aloud, morning and evening.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4480

Headnote: none. The left note reads: "The above four poems were recited and passed on by Ōhara no Imaki, senior secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs."
When I think of the awesome sovereign of heaven's court, I cannot help weeping aloud morning and night: a poem of deep grief for a sovereign. The left note says it closes the four poems recited by Ōhara no Imaki. A note at the end of the original says the author is unknown. Using the same phrase "weeping aloud" as the preceding poem, it is read as a lament for a deceased sovereign.
The author is unknown; the original records that the author is not known.

The first line, "kashikoki ya," with the exclamatory ya: how awesome.
The second line, "ame no mikado o," a respectful term for the sovereign, is read here as referring to a deceased emperor.
The third line, "kaketsureba," "when I hold him in my heart," states a fact.
The fourth line, "ne nomi shi nakayu," "I cannot help weeping aloud," uses the same words as the second line of the preceding poem. The poem pauses here.
The closing line, "asayoi ni shite," "morning and evening," places at the end the words that open the preceding poem, so the two echo each other.
Source: Manyoshu
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