Hito wa isa koto zo to mo naki nagame ni zo ware wa tsuyukeki aki mo shiraruru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人はいさ事ぞともなきながめにぞ
我は露けき秋も知らるる

Roma-ji: Hito wa isa koto zo to mo naki nagame ni zo ware wa tsuyukeki aki mo shiraruru
English Translation: As for you, who knows—
but in long rains of brooding
for no reason at all,
I have come to know this autumn
as a season wet with dew
Meaning: Who knows about you—but in this brooding, as idle as the long rains, I have come to know how dewy, how tearful, autumn is.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 287

Headnote: "Sent to a man."
She says that she does not know about him, but in days of idle brooding as long as the rains, she has come to know an autumn wet with tears. Joining "nagame," gazing in thought, and "nagame," long rains, it conveys the loneliness of an autumn spent waiting.
According to the headnote, it was sent to a man.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The headnote shows that the poet was a woman.

In the first line, "isa" means "well, who knows," pushing aside the question of his heart.
The second line, "koto zo to mo naki," means "for no particular reason."
In the third line, "nagame" is a pivot word joining "nagame," gazing lost in thought, and "nagame," long rains. "Zo" is an emphatic particle.
The fourth line, "ware wa tsuyukeki," means "I, wet with dew," and "tsuyu," dew, is an associated word of the long rains.
In the last line, "ruru" is the attributive form of the spontaneous auxiliary "ru," completing the kakarimusubi pattern with "zo" in the third line: "I cannot help but know it is autumn."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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