Hikari matsu tsuyu ni kokoro o okeru mi wa kiekaeritsutsu yo o zo uramuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

光待つ露に心を置ける身は
消えかへりつつ世をぞ恨むる

Roma-ji: Hikari matsu tsuyu ni kokoro o okeru mi wa kiekaeritsutsu yo o zo uramuru
English Translation: Like dew that waits
for light, I set my heart,
and so I find
myself vanishing again and again,
bitter at this love of ours
Meaning: I who have set my heart on fragile dew that waits for the light keep vanishing in anguish, again and again, resenting this love between us.
Commentary: Book Nine Love Poems I 527

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that one who has set her heart on fragile dew that waits for the light keeps vanishing in anguish, again and again, resenting the bond between them. Likening herself to dew that vanishes when the sun comes out, she conveys a heart in torment while awaiting her lover's visit.
Like the white dew of 511 in this book, it overlays a lover's lot with dew that easily vanishes.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Hikari matsu," means "waiting for the light of the sun," overlaid with waiting for the lover's visit.
The second line, "tsuyu ni kokoro o," means "my heart on something as fragile as dew."
The third line, "okeru mi wa," means "I who have set it there," with "oku," to settle, an associated word with dew.
The fourth line, "kiekaeritsutsu," means "vanishing in anguish again and again," with "kie," to vanish, an associated word with dew.
In the last line, "yo" means the bond between a man and a woman, and the particle "zo" and the attributive "uramuru" form a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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