Ōzora wa kumorazarikeri Kannazuki shigure gokochi wa ware nomi zo suru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

大空は曇らざりけり神無月
時雨心地は我のみぞする

Roma-ji: Ōzora wa kumorazarikeri Kannazuki shigure gokochi wa ware nomi zo suru
English Translation: The wide sky above
has not clouded, I see now;
in the Godless Month
the feeling of falling showers
is mine and mine alone.
Meaning: The wide sky is not clouded at all; yet in this Godless Month, it is I alone who feel as though the winter showers were falling.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 651

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that though it is the Godless Month, season of showers, the sky is not clouded, and it is the poet alone who feels as if showers were falling. Contrasting the clear sky with his heart sunk in tears, it likens tears of love to winter showers. It echoes "shigure ni mo ame ni mo arade" in 688 in linking showers with the tears of love.

First line, "ōzora wa," means "the wide sky."
Second line, "kumorazarikeri," means "has not clouded, I see," with "keri" expressing a sigh of realization. The poem breaks after this second line.
Third line, "Kannazuki," is the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the season of winter showers.
Fourth line, "shigure gokochi wa," means "the feeling of falling showers," that is, the feeling of being on the verge of tears.
Final line, "ware nomi zo suru," means "I alone feel," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by the attributive "suru."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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