Tsutsumedomo kakurenu mono wa natsumushi no mi yori amareru omoi narikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

包めども隠れぬものは夏虫の
身よりあまれるおもひなりけり

Roma-ji: Tsutsumedomo kakurenu mono wa natsumushi no mi yori amareru omoi narikeri
English Translation: Though I wrap it close,
what cannot be hidden is
the summer insect's
flame that overflows its body,
the fire of a love like mine
Meaning: Though I wrap it in my sleeve, what cannot be hidden is the firefly's light spilling from its body—a love too great for me to contain.
Commentary: Book Four Summer Poems 209

Headnote: "When the Katsura Princess said, Catch a firefly, the page wrapped one in the sleeve of her jacket and composed this."
What cannot be hidden though wrapped up is the light spilling from the firefly's body, that is, a love too great to contain. In the firefly's light leaking through a jacket sleeve she lays a love that cannot be hidden however it is held back.
According to the headnote, when the Katsura Princess asked for a firefly to be caught, a page wrapped one in the sleeve of her jacket and composed this. The Katsura Princess was Princess Fushi, a daughter of Emperor Uda. The same poem appears in the Tales of Yamato, where it is told as a poem in which a young girl serving the Katsura Princess entrusted her love.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the author as "yomibito mo," but it is treated here as anonymous.
It is also included in Fujiwara no Teika's anthology Teika Hachidaishō.

The first line, "Tsutsumedomo," means "though I wrap it," taking up the wrapping of the firefly in a jacket sleeve in the headnote. "Domo" is adversative.
The second line, "kakurenu mono wa," means "what does not stay hidden."
The third line, "natsumushi no," here refers to the firefly. "Natsumushi" also appears in 194 and 213 of this book.
The fourth line, "mi yori amareru," means "overflowing its body," layering the light leaking from the firefly's tiny body with a love that her own self cannot contain.
In the last line, "omoi" is a pivot word joining "omoi," love, and "hi," the fire of the firefly's light. "Keri" expresses a sigh of realization.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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