Itsushika to waga matsuyama ni ima wa tote koyu naru nami ni nururu sode kana - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いつしかとわがまつ山に今はとて
越ゆなる浪に濡るる袖かな

Roma-ji: Itsushika to waga matsuyama ni ima wa tote koyu naru nami ni nururu sode kana
English Translation: "Soon, oh soon," I waited,
yet on my Pine Hill of waiting,
"It is over now,"
the waves, I hear, have crossed,
and my sleeves are drenched
Meaning: I waited for you, longing for it to be soon; but now I hear the waves have crossed over my Pine Hill of waiting, saying all is over, and my sleeves are soaked with tears.
Commentary: Book Nine Love Poems I 522

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the waves are said to have crossed over the Pine Hill where she waited, longing for him to come soon, saying all is over, and her sleeves are soaked with tears. She laments her lover's change of heart, likening it to waves crossing Sue no Matsuyama.
Drawing on the Eastern Song in the Kokin Wakashū, "kimi o okite adashi gokoro o waga motaba Sue no Matsuyama nami mo koenan," it expresses the lover's change of heart as waves crossing the pine hill they were never supposed to cross.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Itsushika to," means "how soon, how soon," expressing impatient waiting.
In the second line, "matsu" is a pivot word meaning both "to wait" and the "pine" of Sue no Matsuyama, a poetic place in Michinoku.
The third line, "ima wa tote," means "saying all is over." It is the same line as the third line of 510 in this book.
In the fourth line, "naru" is the attributive form of the hearsay auxiliary "nari": "the waves that, I hear, are crossing."
In the last line, "kana" is an exclamatory particle: "how my sleeves are soaked with tears!"
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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