Waga yado ni aiyadori shite sumu kawazu yoru ni nareba ya mono wa kanashiki - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が宿にあひ宿りして住む蛙
夜になればや物は悲しき

Roma-ji: Waga yado ni aiyadori shite sumu kawazu yoru ni nareba ya mono wa kanashiki
English Translation: Sharing my lodging,
dwelling here beneath my roof,
the frogs that live here—
is it because night has come
that all seems so full of sorrow
Meaning: O frogs who share my lodging and dwell beneath my roof—is it because night has come that everything feels so full of sorrow?
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1250

Headnote: "On hearing frogs."
Hearing the frogs that dwell in his house as fellow lodgers, the poet wonders whether it is because night has come that all feels so sad. Treating the frogs as housemates, he lays his own melancholy over the voices that ring through the night.
According to the headnote, it was composed on hearing frogs croak. Miscellaneous Poems IV opens with a poem that voices the heart through the cries of a creature close at hand.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.

The first line, "Waga yado ni," means "in my house."
The second line, "aiyadori shite," means "lodging together," with "ai" adding the sense of "together." The frogs are seen as fellow residents.
The third line, "sumu kawazu," means "the frogs that dwell here," frogs being creatures prized in poetry for their voices.
The fourth line, "yoru ni nareba ya," means "is it because night has come," with the interrogative binding particle "ya."
The last line, "mono wa kanashiki," means "all is so sad," closing the "ya" of the fourth line with the attributive "kanashiki."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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