Asa goto ni mishi miyakoji no taenureba koto ayamari ni tou hito mo nashi - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

朝ごとに見し都路の絶えぬれば
事あやまりに問ふ人もなし

Roma-ji: Asa goto ni mishi miyakoji no taenureba koto ayamari ni tou hito mo nashi
English Translation: Since the road to town
I saw each and every morning
has been broken off,
no one comes to call on me,
not even by some mistake
Meaning: Now that the road to the capital I saw every morning has been cut off, no one comes to ask after me, not even by mistake.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1254

Headnote: "Sent to friends when, relying on connections, he was staying in a province and had not gone up to the capital for a long time."
The poet says that since the road to the capital he once saw each morning has been cut off, no one calls on him even by mistake. Long gone to the provinces, he tells his friends of his loneliness now that even word from the capital has ceased.
According to the headnote, he had gone to a province through some connection and had long not returned to the capital, and sent this to his friends.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.

The first line, "Asa goto ni," means "every morning," the days when he went in to the capital each morning.
The second line, "mishi miyakoji no," means "the road to the capital I saw."
The third line, "taenureba," means "since it has been cut off," with "ba" giving the cause.
The fourth line, "koto ayamari ni," means "even by some mistake."
The last line, "tou hito mo nashi," means "no one comes to call."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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