Miyako ni wa sumiwabihatete Tsu no kuni no Sumiyoshi to kiku sato ni koso yuke - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

都には住みわびはてて津の国の
すみよしと聞く里にこそ行け

Roma-ji: Miyako ni wa sumiwabihatete Tsu no kuni no Sumiyoshi to kiku sato ni koso yuke
English Translation: Having come to find
the capital too hard to bear,
to the land of Tsu,
to the village called "Fair Dwelling,"
it is there that I now go.
Meaning: Utterly weary of living in the capital, I am going to Sumiyoshi in the province of Tsu, a village that, I hear, is good to live in.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems II 539

Headnote: "When he had gone down to the province of Tsu and met someone he knew"
The poet says that having grown utterly weary of life in the capital, he is going to the village of Sumiyoshi in the province of Tsu, said to be a good place to live. The headnote shows it was composed when he went down to Settsu and met an acquaintance. Pivoting the place name Sumiyoshi on "sumi yoshi," "good to live in," he turns the gloom of one weary of the capital into hope for a pleasant village. Following the preceding poem, 538, it sings of Tsu, and it sets a village good to live in against the shore hard to live on in the final lines of the next poems, 540 and 541, "sumiuki."
The author, written as "Tadami," is Mibu no Tadami. A son of Mibu no Tadamine, he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. He is known for his poem "koi su chō" in the Hyakunin Isshu, with which he competed against Taira no Kanemori at the Tentoku Palace Poetry Contest.

First line, "miyako ni wa," means "in the capital," set against "sato," the village, in the fourth line.
Second line, "sumiwabihatete," means "having grown utterly weary of living," with "hatsu" adding the sense of "completely."
Third line, "Tsu no kuni no," means "of the province of Tsu," singing of Tsu like the two preceding poems, 537 and 538.
Fourth line, "Sumiyoshi to kiku," is a pivot word: "Sumiyoshi" is the place name and "sumi yoshi," "good to live in." It contrasts good to live in with hard to live in, against the final lines of the next poem, 540, "ura zo sumiuki," and of 541, "ura wa sumiuki."
Final line, "sato ni koso yuke," means "it is to the village I go," with the binding particle "koso" resolved by the perfective form "yuke."
Author: Mibu no Tadami
Source: Shui Wakashu
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