Wagimoko ga mi o suteshi yori sarusawa no ike no tsutsumi ya kimi wa koishiki - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我妹子が身を捨てしより猿沢の
池のつつみやきみは恋しき

Roma-ji: Wagimoko ga mi o suteshi yori sarusawa no ike no tsutsumi ya kimi wa koishiki
English Translation: Since your dearest love
cast herself away and died,
is it the bank
of the Sarusawa Pond
that you hold so dear to you?
Meaning: Ever since your beloved threw herself away, is it the bank of Sarusawa Pond that you long for?
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 411

Headnote: "Tsutsumiyaki (wrapped and grilled fish)"
The poet asks whether, ever since the beloved woman threw herself into Sarusawa Pond, the listener has longed for the bank of that pond. Drawing on the old story of the court lady at Sarusawa Pond, the poem hides the name "tsutsumiyaki" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "tsutsumi ya ki" from the fourth to the final line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Sukemi, is Fujiwara no Sukemi. A son of Fujiwara no Hirotsune, he was a mid-Heian poet known as Tōroku. He excelled at poems hiding the names of things, and his personal collection is the Tōrokushū.
The Tales of Yamato tells of a court lady who drowned herself in Sarusawa Pond, grieving that the emperor's favor had waned, and records Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's poem "Wagimoko ga nekutaregami o sarusawa no ike no tamamo to miru zo kanashiki." That poem is also included in the book of laments of the Shūishū.

First line, "wagimoko ga," means "your beloved," referring to the court lady who drowned herself in Sarusawa Pond. It is the same first line as Hitomaro's poem "Wagimoko ga nekutaregami o."
Second line, "mi o suteshi yori," means "ever since she cast herself away," with "shi" the attributive of the past auxiliary "ki."
Third line, "sarusawa no," means "of Sarusawa Pond" in Nara.
Fourth line, "ike no tsutsumi ya," means "the bank of the pond," with "ya" a questioning particle. With "ki" at the start of the final line, it hides the name "tsutsumiyaki." After the sweetfish of the preceding poems, the name of a dish is sung of.
Final line, "kimi wa koishiki," means "do you long for it," with "ya" resolved by the attributive "koishiki."
Author: Fujiwara no Sukemi
Source: Shui Wakashu
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