Kyō sae ya yoso ni miru beki Hikoboshi no tachinarasuran Ama no Kawanami - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

今日さへやよそに見るべき彦星の
立ちならすらん天の川波

Roma-ji: Kyō sae ya yoso ni miru beki Hikoboshi no tachinarasuran Ama no Kawanami
English Translation: Must I even today
watch from afar and apart
the Milky Way's waves,
where the Herdsman Star must cross,
so long accustomed to the way?
Meaning: Must I, even today, watch from afar the waves of the River of Heaven that the Herdsman Star must be crossing, so used to the way?
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 772

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem asks whether, even on this day of Tanabata, the poet must watch from afar the waves of the River of Heaven that the Herdsman Star, long accustomed, must be crossing. It laments that even on Tanabata, when a yearly meeting is allowed, the poet cannot meet the beloved and can only gaze at another's meeting. Where the preceding poem, 771, sang of the Weaver Maid, this one sings of the Herdsman Star, so that the two stars of Tanabata form a pair.

First line, "kyō sae ya," means "even today," with "sae" additive and the binding particle "ya" resolved by the attributive "beki" in the second line.
Second line, "yoso ni miru beki," means "must I watch from afar," sharing the grief of watching from afar with the third line of the preceding poem, 771, "yoso nagara."
Third line, "Hikoboshi no," means "of the Herdsman Star," pairing with the fourth line of the preceding poem, "Tanabatatsume no."
Fourth line, "tachinarasuran," means "must be crossing, so used to it," with "ran" an auxiliary of present conjecture.
Final line, "Ama no Kawanami," means "the waves of the River of Heaven," ending on a noun.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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