Kawa to nomi wataru o miru ni nagusamade kurushiki koto zo iyamasari naru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

河とのみ渡るを見るに慰まで
苦しきことぞいやまさりなる

Roma-ji: Kawa to nomi wataru o miru ni nagusamade kurushiki koto zo iyamasari naru
English Translation: Seeing you go by
only as one crosses a river,
I find no comfort,
and my pain grows ever more,
greater still with every day
Meaning: Seeing you only pass me by, as one crosses a river and goes on, I find no comfort, and my pain only grows greater and greater.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems V 992

Headnote: "Again, a reply."
The woman says that seeing him only pass by as one crosses a river, she finds no comfort and her pain only grows. To his doubt about the shallowness of her love, she replies that it is he who is cold, merely passing her by, and voices her suffering.
According to the headnote, the woman replied again to the preceding poem. The fire imagery gives way here to the water images of a river and crossing, which pass on to the water and shallows of the next poem, 993.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kawa to nomi," means "only as a river," suggesting he merely passes by as one crosses a river.
The second line, "wataru o miru ni," means "seeing you cross," overlaying his passing her by.
The third line, "nagusamade," means "without being comforted," with "de" a negative conjunctive particle.
The fourth line, "kurushiki koto zo," means "the pain," with "zo" an emphatic binding particle.
The last line, "iyamasari naru," means "grows ever greater," closing the "zo" of the fourth line with the attributive "naru." "Masaru" is carried on into "mizu masaru" in the next poem.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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