Koiwabinu kanashiki koto mo nagusamen izure Nakasu no hamabe naruran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恋ひわびぬ悲しきことも慰めん
いづれなかすの浜辺なるらん

Roma-ji: Koiwabinu kanashiki koto mo nagusamen izure Nakasu no hamabe naruran
English Translation: I am worn with love;
this sorrow, too, I would soothe;
tell me, where can it be,
the shore of Nakasu,
where one need weep no more?
Meaning: I am worn out with love. I long to soothe this sorrow—where, I wonder, is the shore of Nakasu, where no one has to weep?
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 988

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: I am worn out with love; I would soothe this sorrow too; where, then, is the beach of Nakasu, where one need not weep? It entrusts the wish to escape love's sorrow to a place-name that sounds like "not weeping," singing of one in search of that shore.

First line, "koiwabinu," means "I am worn out with love," with "nu" perfective. The poem breaks here.
Second line, "kanashiki koto mo," means "this sorrow too."
Third line, "nagusamen," means "I would soothe," with "n" volitional. The poem breaks here again.
Fourth line, "izure Nakasu no," means "which is the Nakasu," with "Nakasu" a pivot word joining "nakazu," not weeping, and Nakasu, said to be a place-name in Settsu Province. It turns from the heart that weeps aloud in the preceding series of resentment poems to a heart seeking a place where one need not weep.
Final line, "hamabe naruran," means "might be the beach," with "ran" the auxiliary of present conjecture. It shares with the opening poem of the book, 925, "onaji nagisa ni nagareyorubeku," the linking of tears and the shore.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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