Tamasudare ito no taema ni hito o mite sukeru kokoro wa omoikaketeki - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

玉簾糸の絶え間に人を見て
すける心は思ひかけてき

Roma-ji: Tamasudare ito no taema ni hito o mite sukeru kokoro wa omoikaketeki
English Translation: Through the jeweled blind,
where its threads had come apart,
I saw her, and then
my heart, that saw clear and loved,
hung its longing upon her.
Meaning: Seeing her through a gap in the threads of the jeweled blind, my heart, drawn through as light shines through, has hung its love upon her.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 663

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that seeing her through a gap in the threads of a jeweled blind, the poet's heart, drawn to her, has hung its love upon her. Pivoting "sukeru" on a blind "showing through" and "loving," it sings of giving one's heart to someone barely glimpsed through a blind, using the link between "kakeru," hanging a blind, and "kakeru," setting one's heart. Together with the next poem, 664, two poems on the jeweled blind and "sukeru kokoro" stand side by side.

First line, "tamasudare," means "a lovely blind," with "tama" a word of praise.
Second line, "ito no taema ni," means "through a gap in its threads."
Third line, "hito o mite," means "seeing her."
Fourth line, "sukeru kokoro wa," is a pivot word: "sukeru" means the blind "showing through" and "loving." It is the same word as the second line of the next poem, 664, "sukeru kokoro to."
Final line, "omoikaketeki," means "set my heart upon her," with "ki" a past auxiliary. "Kake" is associated with hanging a blind.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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