Koiwabinu ne o dani nakamu koe tatete izuko naruran Otonashi no sato - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恋ひわびぬ音をだに泣かむ声立てて
いづこなるらん音無の里

Roma-ji: Koiwabinu ne o dani nakamu koe tatete izuko naruran Otonashi no sato
English Translation: Worn out with longing,
let me at least weep aloud,
raising up my voice;
where, I wonder, can it be,
the village of Otonashi?
Meaning: I am worn out with longing; let me at least weep aloud, raising my voice. Where, I wonder, is the village of Otonashi, the soundless village?
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 749

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that, worn out with longing, the poet will at least weep aloud, and asks where the village of Otonashi, "the soundless," may be. Unable to bear the pain of secret love, it entrusts to the place name Otonashi a wish for somewhere one could weep aloud without being known. The next poem, 750, sings of the Otonashi River, carrying on the name Otonashi.

First line, "koiwabinu," means "I am worn out with longing," with "nu" perfective. The poem breaks after this first line.
Second line, "ne o dani nakamu," means "let me at least weep aloud," with "dani" meaning "at least." The line breaks here too.
Third line, "koe tatete," means "raising my voice," taking up and repeating "ne," voice, of the second line.
Fourth line, "izuko naruran," means "where can it be," with "ran" an auxiliary of present conjecture.
Final line, "Otonashi no sato," is the village of Otonashi in Kii, ending on a noun. It sets the heart that weeps aloud against a place name meaning "soundless." It is the same word as the first line of the next poem, 750, "Otonashi no."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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