Samidare no tsuzukeru toshi no nagame ni wa mono omoiaeru ware zo wabishiki - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

五月雨の続ける年のながめには
物思ひあへる我ぞわびしき

Roma-ji: Samidare no tsuzukeru toshi no nagame ni wa mono omoiaeru ware zo wabishiki
English Translation: In a year the rains
of May go on and on, so long
my brooding gazes—
I who brood along with them,
I am the one who feels forlorn
Meaning: In a year when the May rains go on and on, I who brood along with the long rains am the one who feels most forlorn.
Commentary: Book Four Summer Poems 190

Headnote: "In a year with two Fifth Months, when he had cares on his mind."
In a year with an intercalary Fifth Month, when the May rains go on and on, the poet who broods through the long rains feels most forlorn. He lays together two months of long rain and a gloom that never clears.
According to the headnote, it was composed in a year with two Fifth Months, that is, an intercalary Fifth Month, when he was brooding over something.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Samidare no," means "the early summer rains," taking up the year with two Fifth Months in the headnote.
In the second line, "ru" is the attributive form of the continuative auxiliary "ri": "the year when they go on." It shows the May rains spanning two months because of the intercalary month.
In the third line, "nagame" is a pivot word joining "nagame," long rain, and "nagame," gazing lost in thought. Like 182 and 185 of this book, it lays brooding over the long rains.
The fourth line, "mono omoiaeru," means "brooding together," describing his brooding alongside the long rains.
The last line, "ware zo wabishiki," means "I am the one forlorn," with the particle "zo" forming a kakarimusubi pattern with the attributive "wabishiki."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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