Kannazuki shigure furu ni mo kururu hi o kimi matsu hodo wa nagashi to zo omou - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

神無月時雨降るにも暮るる日を
君待つほどは長しとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Kannazuki shigure furu ni mo kururu hi o kimi matsu hodo wa nagashi to zo omou
English Translation: The Godless Month—
even as the showers fall
the short day darkens,
yet while I wait for you
how long the hours seem
Meaning: In the tenth month, the days grow dark so quickly even as the showers fall, yet while I wait for you, how long the time seems.
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Poems 461

Headnote: "Her parent had gone elsewhere and was late in returning, so she sent this."
The poet says that though the tenth-month day darkens so quickly even as the showers fall, the time spent waiting for you seems long. Contrasting the shortness of a winter day with the length of time spent awaiting a parent's return, it frankly expresses a child's eager longing.
According to the headnote, the poem was sent because her parent had gone elsewhere and was late coming home. It sings of a young daughter longing for her parent, a rare poem of family affection in a book with many poems of love.
The poet is given as "a certain person's daughter, who was eight years old." Her name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kannazuki," is another name for the tenth lunar month, a word placed again and again in this book.
The second line, "shigure furu ni mo," means "even as the showers fall."
The third line, "kururu hi o," means "though it is a day that darkens so soon," referring to the shortness of winter days.
The fourth line, "kimi matsu hodo wa," means "while I wait for you," contrasting with the short day of the third line.
In the last line, the particle "zo" and the attributive "omou" form a kakarimusubi pattern: "I think it long."
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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