Akazu shite wakareshi hito no sumu sato wa sa wa kono miyuru yama no anata ka - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

飽かずして別れし人の住む里は
さはこのみゆる山のあなたか

Roma-ji: Akazu shite wakareshi hito no sumu sato wa sa wa kono miyuru yama no anata ka
English Translation: The village where dwells
the one I parted from
with longing unfilled—
is it then beyond the hills
that I can see from here?
Meaning: The village where the one I parted from, still longing, now lives—is it, then, beyond these mountains I see?
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 387

Headnote: "Sawako no miyu (the hot spring of Sawako)"
The poet wonders whether the village where the one he parted from with lingering regret now lives lies beyond these mountains he sees. Singing of longing for one parted beyond the mountains, the poem hides the name of the hot spring of Sawako given in the headnote in the run of sounds "sa wa kono miyuru" in the fourth line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.

First line, "akazu shite," means "with longing unfulfilled."
Second line, "wakareshi hito no," means "of the one I parted from."
Third line, "sumu sato wa," means "the village where that person lives."
Fourth line, "sa wa kono miyuru," means "then, these that I see," with "sa wa" taking up what came before. It hides the name "Sawako no miyu." Together with 383 and 386 of this book, it hides the name of a hot spring in the sound "miyu."
Final line, "yama no anata ka," means "is it beyond the mountains," with "ka" expressing a question.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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