Sumiyoshi no kishi ni mukaeru Awajishima aware to kimi o iwanu hi zo naki - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

住吉の岸に向かへる淡路島
あはれと君を言はぬ日ぞなき

Roma-ji: Sumiyoshi no kishi ni mukaeru Awajishima aware to kimi o iwanu hi zo naki
English Translation: Facing the shoreline
of Sumiyoshi, there lies
Awaji Island;
not a day goes by I fail
to murmur "how dear" of you.
Meaning: Like Awaji Island lying across from the shore of Sumiyoshi, there is not a single day I fail to say of you, "how dear you are."
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 926

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The poem says that, like the name of Awaji Island seen across from the shore of Sumiyoshi, there is not a single day when I do not say "aware," how dear you are. Taking the scene before the eyes as an introduction, it plainly expresses a longing that never ceases from day to day.
The author, "Hitomaro", is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a court poet of the Asuka period revered as the sage of poetry and the foremost poet of the Man'yōshū, and one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. Many Man'yōshū poems are included in the Shūishū under Hitomaro's name.
A similar poem appears in Book Twelve of the Man'yōshū, with the final line "iwanu hi wa nashi."

First line, "Sumiyoshi no," means "of Sumiyoshi" in Settsu Province, a famous poetic place known for its seaside scenery.
Second line, "kishi ni mukaeru," means "facing the shore."
Third line, "Awajishima," is Awaji Island seen across from Sumiyoshi. The first three lines form an introductory phrase that leads, through the shared sound "awa," to "aware" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "aware to kimi o," means "saying of you, how dear." It shares the word "aware" with the first line of 950 in this book, "aware to mo."
Final line, "iwanu hi zo naki," means "there is no day I do not say it," a kakari-musubi in which the binding particle "zo" is answered by "naki," the attributive of the adjective "nashi."
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Shui Wakashu
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