Moewataru nageki wa haru no saga nareba ōkata ni koso aware to mo mire - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

もえ渡るなげきは春のさがなれば
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Roma-ji: Moewataru nageki wa haru no saga nareba ōkata ni koso aware to mo mire
English Translation: Sorrow that keeps on
burning, budding, is the way
of spring in nature,
so as a common thing alone
do I look on it with pity
Meaning: Sorrow that spreads, burning and budding everywhere, is simply the nature of spring, so I can only regard it with ordinary pity, as something common to all.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 66

Headnote: "When a man sent to a woman the sentiment of an old poem saying, 'If spring rain falls, the fire of longing will not go out, but will only make the buds of sorrow burn the more.'"
A man sent the woman the sense of an old poem saying the spring rain would not quench his fire of longing but rather kindle the buds of sorrow; she replies coolly that sorrow budding everywhere is merely the way of spring, so she can only pity it as something common. Turning his plea into a law of nature, she brushes it lightly aside.
According to the headnote, a man sent the woman the spirit of an old poem saying that if spring rain fell his longing would not be extinguished but would instead make the buds of sorrow grow, and this is her answer.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which is treated here as "anonymous."

In the first line, "moe" is a pivot word joining "moe," for buds to sprout, and "moe," for feelings to burn. It takes up "moyu" in the preceding poem, 65.
In the second line, "nageki" is a pivot word joining "sorrow" and "wood for the fire," showing sorrow mounting as trees bud in spring.
In the third line, "saga" means innate nature or way, giving the reason: "since it is the way of spring."
In the fourth line, "ōkata" means the world at large, the ordinary, and "koso" forms a kakarimusubi pattern with the perfective "mire" in the last line.
The last line, "aware to mo mire," means "I merely regard it with pity," closing in the perfective form in answer to "koso." It shows her cool refusal to take his sorrow to heart.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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