Naku namida furinishi toshi no koromode wa atarashiki ni mo kawarazarikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

泣く涙ふりにし年の衣手は
新しきにも変はらざりけり

Roma-ji: Naku namida furinishi toshi no koromode wa atarashiki ni mo kawarazarikeri
English Translation: The sleeves of my robe
from the year now passed and gone
where my tears rained down
have not changed in the least
though the new year has come
Meaning: My sleeves from the year now gone, where my tears rained down as I wept, have not changed at all, even with the coming of the new year.
Commentary: Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1397

Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that the sleeves of the bygone year, rained on by his tears, have not changed even with the new year. Taking up "new" from the preceding poem, he answers that though the year has turned, his sleeves wet with tears for the late emperor are no different, his grief unending.
It is the reply to the preceding poem by the Sanjō Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Sadakata.
The poet, "Lord Kanesuke," is Fujiwara no Kanesuke. A son of Fujiwara no Toshimoto, he rose to Middle Counselor. Called the Tsutsumi Middle Counselor for his mansion on the banks of the Kamo River, he is counted among the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals. He was the great-grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu, and the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu includes his poem "Mikanohara wakite nagaruru Izumigawa."

The first line, "Naku namida," means "the tears I weep."
The second line, "furinishi toshi no," is a pivot word on "furi," both tears raining down and the year growing old: of the past year when my tears fell.
The third line, "koromode wa," means "the sleeves of my robe."
The fourth line, "atarashiki ni mo," means "even in the new," taking up "atarashiki" in the preceding poem's third line.
The last line, "kawarazarikeri," means "have not changed," with "keri" for realization. It answers "mukashi nagara ni" in the preceding poem.
Author: Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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