Ōhara no kami mo shiruramu waga koi wa kyō ujibito no kokoro yaranamu - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

大原の神も知るらむ我が恋は
今日氏人の心やらなむ

Roma-ji: Ōhara no kami mo shiruramu waga koi wa kyō ujibito no kokoro yaranamu
English Translation: The god of Ōhara
surely knows of this my love;
on this day of rites,
may the heart of his clansman
at last be set at its ease.
Meaning: The god of Ōhara surely knows of my love; on this festival day, may the heart of his clansman be set at ease.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 657

Headnote: "On the day of the Ōharano Festival, sending it to a woman attached to a sprig of sakaki"
The poem says that the god of Ōharano surely knows of the poet's love, and asks that on this festival day the heart of the god's clansman, the poet himself, be set at ease. The headnote shows that Fujiwara no Koretada sent it to a woman on the day of the Ōharano Festival, attached to a sprig of sakaki. The Ōharano Shrine enshrines the tutelary gods of the Fujiwara clan, and in the form of a prayer to the god as a member of the clan, he pleads with the woman to accept his love. The next poem, 658, is the reply, and with 659 poems on the gods who know of love continue.
The author, written as "the Ichijō Regent," is Fujiwara no Koretada. The eldest son of the Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Morosuke, he rose to Regent and Chancellor. His posthumous title is Lord Kentoku, and he is known for his poem "aware to mo" in the Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, "Ōhara no," means "of Ōharano," referring to the Ōharano Shrine in Yamashiro Province.
Second line, "kami mo shiruramu," means "the god too must know," with "ramu" an auxiliary of present conjecture. The poem breaks after this second line. It is the same phrasing as the second line of 659, "kami zo shiruran."
Third line, "waga koi wa," means "my love," giving the object of the second line in inverted order.
Fourth line, "kyō ujibito no," means "of the clansman on this day," pointing to the poet himself as a member of the Fujiwara clan gathered for the festival.
Final line, "kokoro yaranamu," means "may his heart be eased," with "kokoro yaru" meaning to ease one's heart and "namu" a final particle expressing a wish directed at another.
Author: Fujiwara no Koretada
Source: Shui Wakashu
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