Ajikinaku nado ka matsuyama nami kosamu koto oba sara ni omoihanaruru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あぢきなくなどか松山波越さむ
ことをばさらに思ひ離るる

Roma-ji: Ajikinaku nado ka matsuyama nami kosamu koto oba sara ni omoihanaruru
English Translation: How pointless it is—
why should you, then, put away
all thought that waves
might ever cross the Pine Hill,
so wholly from your heart
Meaning: How futile it is. Why should you so completely put from your mind such things as waves crossing the Pine Hill of Sue?
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems III 759

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet asks why she should so wholly put away, to no purpose, the thought of waves crossing the Pine Hill. Using the Pine Hill of Sue, a figure for a change of heart, he wonders at her heart, which seeks to give up their bond.
Like 755 in this book, it sings of waves crossing the Pine Hill of Sue, and the next poem, 760, is Ise's reply.
The poet, called "the Posthumous Chancellor," was Fujiwara no Tokihira. The eldest son of Regent Fujiwara no Mototsune, he rose to Minister of the Left and was posthumously named Chancellor. He is known for having Sugawara no Michizane banished to Dazaifu.

The first line, "Ajikinaku," means "pointlessly, to no avail."
The second line, "nado ka matsuyama," means "why, the Pine Hill," with "nado ka" expressing a question.
The third line, "nami kosamu," means "waves should cross," the same line as the third line of 755 in this book.
The fourth line, "koto oba sara ni," means "that thing, wholly."
The last line, "omoihanaruru," means "do you give up," closing in the attributive in answer to "nado ka" in the second line. The next poem, 760, answers by taking up "matsuyama," "nami," and "kosamu" from this poem.
Author: Fujiwara no Tokihira
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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