Akazu shite makura no ue ni wakarenishi yumeji o mata mo tazunete shigana - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

飽かずして枕の上に別れにし
夢路を又も尋ねてしかな

Roma-ji: Akazu shite makura no ue ni wakarenishi yumeji o mata mo tazunete shigana
English Translation: Not yet satisfied,
upon the pillow we parted
and went our ways—
that path within a dream
how I long to seek again
Meaning: We parted upon the pillow before our hearts were satisfied; how I wish I could seek out that path of dreams once more.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1039

Headnote: "Sent the morning after he first visited a woman."
The poet wishes he could seek out once more the path of dreams on which they parted upon the pillow, still unsatisfied. Likening their first night together to a dream, he longs to travel again the dream road where they parted with regret, and meet her there.
According to the headnote, he sent it the morning after he first went to a woman. 1060 in this book also speaks of "yumeji," the path of dreams, lamenting that forgetting-grass grows thick even there.
The poet, listed as "Fujiwara no Kagemoto," is taken to be Fujiwara no Kagemoto, and little more is known of his life.

The first line, "Akazu shite," means "not yet satisfied."
The second line, "makura no ue ni," means "upon the pillow," showing the place where they lay together.
The third line, "wakarenishi," means "where we parted," with "nishi" auxiliaries of completion and past.
The fourth line, "yumeji o mata mo," means "the path of dreams once more," likening a night of meeting to a dream. "Yumeji" also appears in the fourth line of 1060 in this book.
The last line, "tazunete shigana," means "how I wish I could seek it," with "teshigana" a final particle expressing one's own wish.
Author: Fujiwara no Kagemoto
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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