Au koto wa kataizari suru midoriko no tatamu tsuki ni mo awaji to ya suru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

逢ふことはかたゐざりするみどり子の
たたむ月にも逢はじとやする

Roma-ji: Au koto wa kataizari suru midoriko no tatamu tsuki ni mo awaji to ya suru
English Translation: Hard, you say, to meet;
like an infant crawling still,
will you not meet me
even in the month to come
when it learns at last to stand?
Meaning: You say meeting is hard; will you refuse to meet me even in the month when the crawling infant learns to stand, when a new month begins?
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 679

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem asks whether the beloved, who says meeting is hard, will refuse to meet even when the month comes in which a crawling infant learns to stand. Pivoting "kata" on meeting being "hard" and the "kata" of "kataizari," shuffling along on one knee, and "tatamu" on an infant "standing" and a new month "beginning," it reproaches with witty figures one who never consents to meet. Following the preceding poem, 678, it is another poem beginning with "au koto."
The author, written as "Kanemori," is Taira no Kanemori. A son of Prince Atsuyuki, of the line of Emperor Kōkō, he left the imperial family and took the name Taira. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets and is known for his poem "shinoburedo" in the Hyakunin Isshu, with which he competed against Mibu no Tadami at the Tentoku Palace Poetry Contest.

First line, "au koto wa," means "meeting is," beginning with "au koto" like the first line of the preceding poem, 678, "au koto no."
Second line, "kataizari suru," is a pivot word: "kata" means meeting being "hard" and the "kata" of "kataizari," moving along on one's knees.
Third line, "midoriko no," means "of the infant."
Fourth line, "tatamu tsuki ni mo," is a pivot word: "tatamu" means the infant "will stand" and a new month "will begin."
Final line, "awaji to ya suru," means "will you refuse to meet," with "ji" an auxiliary of negative intention and the binding particle "ya" interrogative, resolved by the attributive "suru."
Author: Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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