Kimi ga kuru yado ni taesenu taki no ito haete mimahoshiki mono ni zo arikeru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

君がくる宿に絶えせぬ滝の糸
はへて見まほしき物にぞ有りける

Roma-ji: Kimi ga kuru yado ni taesenu taki no ito haete mimahoshiki mono ni zo arikeru
English Translation: The waterfall's threads
that never cease at the house
where you come to stay,
I would draw out long and see
forever and ever more.
Meaning: The threads of the waterfall that never cease at this villa where you come are something I would like to draw out long and gaze upon forever.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 446

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Written on a rock by the waterfall at the mountain villa of the Provisional Middle Counselor Atsutada at Nishisakamoto"
The poet says that the threads of the waterfall flowing unceasingly at this villa where you come are something she would draw out and gaze on forever. Like the preceding poem, it was written on a rock by the waterfall at Atsutada's villa, and the daughter Nakatsukasa's poem is set beside her mother Ise's. Seeing the falls as threads and layering the thread-related words "kuru," "tae" and "hae," she expresses the beauty of the villa's falls and a wish that the master's visits continue forever.
The author, Nakatsukasa, was a daughter born to Prince Atsuyoshi, son of Emperor Uda, and Ise, and a woman poet of the mid Heian period. She is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "kimi ga kuru," means "where you come." "Kuru" is a pivot word joining "to come" and "to reel" thread, an associated word for the threads of the falls.
Second line, "yado ni taesenu," means "never ceasing at the villa," with "tae," to break off, also an associated word for thread.
Third line, "taki no ito," means "the threads of the waterfall," seeing the falls as thread. The same image continues in "the white threads of the falls" of the next poem, 447, and "the threads of the falls" of 448 and 449.
Fourth line, "haete mimahoshiki," means "that I would draw out and see," a line of eight syllables, one too many. "Hae" means to draw thread out long, an associated word for thread, and "mahoshiki" is the attributive form of the desiderative auxiliary "mahoshi."
Final line, "mono ni zo arikeru," means "is such a thing," also of eight syllables. It resolves "zo" with the attributive "keru," expressing a sigh.
Author: Nakatsukasa
Source: Shui Wakashu
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