Wakareji o hedatsuru kumo no tame ni koso ōgi no kaze o yaramahoshikere - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

別れ路を隔つる雲のためにこそ
扇の風をやらまほしけれ

Roma-ji: Wakareji o hedatsuru kumo no tame ni koso ōgi no kaze o yaramahoshikere
English Translation: For the very clouds
that come between us on
the road of parting,
it is for them I would send
the breeze of this folding fan.
Meaning: It is for the clouds that will come between us on the road of parting that I would send the breeze of this fan, to blow them away.
Commentary: Book Six Parting Poems 311

Headnote: "Sending a fan to a person setting out on a journey, after holding a farewell party"
The poet says he would send the breeze of this fan toward the clouds that will separate him from the traveler on the road of parting, to blow them away. Through the fan given as a parting gift, he expresses the wish not to lose sight of each other however far apart they may be. According to the headnote, it was composed when he held a farewell party for a person setting out on a journey and sent a fan.
The author, written as Yoshinobu, is Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu. From the Ōnakatomi family, who served as chief priests of the Ise Shrine, he took part in compiling the Gosenshū and in reading the Man'yōshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, and he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "wakareji o," means "the road of parting."
Second line, "hedatsuru kumo no," means "of the clouds that come between." Like "kumoi haruka ni" in 304 of this book, it sings of clouds as what separates at a distance.
Third line, "tame ni koso," means "for that very purpose," emphasized by the particle "koso."
Fourth line, "ōgi no kaze o," means "the breeze fanned by this fan." 316 of this book is also a parting poem sent with a fan, so the fan poems answer each other.
Final line, "yaramahoshikere," means "I would like to send," with "mahoshi" an auxiliary of desire and "koso" resolved by the perfective "mahoshikere."
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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