No mo yama mo shigeriainuru natsu naredo hito no tsurasa wa koto no ha mo nashi - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

野も山も茂りあひぬる夏なれど
人のつらさは言の葉もなし

Roma-ji: No mo yama mo shigeriainuru natsu naredo hito no tsurasa wa koto no ha mo nashi
English Translation: Though it is summer,
when the fields and mountains both
grow thick together,
in your cold heart there is not
a single leaf of words for me.
Meaning: Though it is summer, when fields and mountains alike are thick with green, your coldness leaves not a single leaf of words for me.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 828

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem laments that though it is summer, when fields and mountains alike are thick with growth, from the cold-hearted beloved there is not a single leaf of words. It contrasts the luxuriance of summer foliage with the coldness of a lover who sends not even a word.

First line, "no mo yama mo," means "fields and mountains alike."
Second line, "shigeriainuru," means "grown thick together," with "nuru" the attributive form of the perfective "nu." It shares summer growth with "natsuno no kusa no shigeku tomo" in the preceding poem, 827.
Third line, "natsu naredo," means "though it is summer," with "do" concessive.
Fourth line, "hito no tsurasa wa," means "in that person's coldness."
Final line, "koto no ha mo nashi," means "there is not a leaf of words," with "ha," leaf, an associated word of "shigeri," growing thick, in the second line. Where the preceding poem likens the abundance of gossip to summer grass, this poem sings of the absence of words, so that abundance and absence form a pair. It uses the same words as the first line of 841, "koto no ha mo."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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