Ise no umi ni haete mo amaru takunawa no nagaki kokoro wa ware zo masareru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

伊勢の海に延へても余る栲縄の
長き心は我ぞまされる

Roma-ji: Ise no umi ni haete mo amaru takunawa no nagaki kokoro wa ware zo masareru
English Translation: In the sea of Ise
stretched out, still more to spare,
the paper-mulberry rope—
as for a heart that is long,
it is mine that is the longer
Meaning: Like a mulberry-fiber rope stretched out across the sea of Ise and still left over, it is I who have the longer heart.
Commentary: Book Nine Love Poems I 579

Headnote: "When someone said she had heard he was a short-tempered man."
The poet says that, like a mulberry-fiber rope stretched across the sea of Ise and still left over, it is he who has the longer heart. Told he was short-tempered, he retorts that in length of heart no one can surpass him.
According to the headnote, he composed it when told he was said to be short-tempered. 570 in this book also sings of "nagaki kokoro," a long and lasting heart.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Ise no umi ni," has an extra syllable and means "in the sea of Ise."
The second line, "haete mo amaru," means "stretched out and still left over."
The third line, "takunawa no," means "of a long rope made of mulberry fiber," and the first three lines form a preface leading to "nagaki," long, in the fourth line.
The fourth line, "nagaki kokoro wa," means "a long and lasting heart," the same words as the second line of 570 in this book.
The last line, "ware zo masareru," means "it is I who surpass," the particle "zo" and the attributive "masareru" forming a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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