Hisashiku mo omōenedomo Sumiyoshi no matsu ya futatabi oikawaruran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

久しくも思ほえねども住吉の
松や二たび生ひかはるらん

Roma-ji: Hisashiku mo omōenedomo Sumiyoshi no matsu ya futatabi oikawaruran
English Translation: It does not seem long,
not to me, yet have the pines
of Sumiyoshi
really grown up once again,
replaced by a second growth?
Meaning: It hardly seems long to me; have the pines of Sumiyoshi, then, grown anew a second time?
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 741

Headnote: "In reply"
The poem replies that it hardly seems long to her, and asks whether the pines of Sumiyoshi have then grown anew a second time. A reply to the preceding poem, 740, it retorts to the man apologizing for his long absence that she does not think it has been so long. Saying that it would take the pine of Sumiyoshi, which lives a thousand years, growing anew to match his claim, it deflects with irony an apology that sounds like an excuse.
The author, written as "Tadafusa ga musume," is the daughter of Fujiwara no Tadafusa, and her name has not come down to us. Her father, Tadafusa, was a poet who excelled at music.

First line, "hisashiku mo," means "as long," taking up the third line of the preceding poem, 740, "hisashiku mo."
Second line, "omōenedomo," means "though it does not seem so," with "ne" the perfective form of the negative "zu" and "domo" concessive.
Third line, "Sumiyoshi no," means "of Sumiyoshi" in Settsu, taking up the first line of the preceding poem, "Sumiyoshi no."
Fourth line, "matsu ya futatabi," means "have the pines a second time," with the binding particle "ya" resolved by the attributive "ran" in the final line.
Final line, "oikawaruran," means "grown anew, I wonder," with "ran" an auxiliary of present conjecture. Taking up the pine of the preceding poem's second line, "matsu naranedomo," it answers the exaggerated apology with irony.
Author: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tadafusa
Source: Shui Wakashu
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