Furu ame ni idete mo nurenu waga sode no kage ni inagara hijimasaru kana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

降る雨に出でても濡れぬ我が袖の
陰にゐながらひちまさるかな

Roma-ji: Furu ame ni idete mo nurenu waga sode no kage ni inagara hijimasaru kana
English Translation: Though I go out in
the falling rain, it stays dry,
this sleeve of mine;
yet here within the shelter
how it grows ever wetter!
Meaning: My sleeve does not get so wet even when I go out into the falling rain, yet here, sheltered from it, it grows wetter and wetter.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 958

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that my sleeve, which does not get so wet even when I go out in the falling rain, grows ever more soaked while I stay in the shelter where no rain reaches. It wittily sings, through the contrast of rain and shelter, of love's sorrow that soaks the sleeve with tears heavier than rain.
The author, "Tsurayuki", is Ki no Tsurayuki, son of Ki no Mochiyuki. One of the compilers of the Kokinshū, he wrote its kana preface and also the Tosa Diary. He is one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "furu ame ni," means "in the falling rain." Taking up "furi ni koso fure" of the preceding poem, 957, the rain poems continue.
Second line, "idete mo nurenu," means "not wet even going out."
Third line, "waga sode no," means "my sleeve."
Fourth line, "kage ni inagara," means "while staying in the shelter where rain does not reach." It contrasts "idete," going out, in the second line with "kage ni i," staying under shelter, in the fourth.
Final line, "hijimasaru kana," means "how it grows ever wetter," with "hitsu" meaning to be soaked and "kana" exclamatory. Without saying so, it shows that the cause of the wetness is tears.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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