Aimizute hitohi mo kimi ni narawaneba tanabata yori mo ware zo masareru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

逢ひ見ずて一日も君にならはねば
七夕よりも我ぞまされる

Roma-ji: Aimizute hitohi mo kimi ni narawaneba tanabata yori mo ware zo masareru
English Translation: Not to see you once,
even for a single day,
I have not grown used;
more than the Tanabata stars
I am the one who longs for you.
Meaning: Since I have never grown used to going even a single day without seeing you, my longing is greater than that of the Tanabata stars.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1094

Headnote: "In reply to a poem sent by Mitsune on the morning after Tanabata"
Comparing himself with the Tanabata stars, who meet across a year's separation, the poet says that he, who has never grown used to a single day without seeing his friend, longs for him more. The headnote shows it is a reply to a poem Mitsune sent him on the morning after Tanabata. Against the once-a-year meeting of Tanabata, he says that even a single day apart is hard to bear, expressing his affection for Mitsune.
1084 in this book is likewise a poem Tsurayuki sent to Mitsune on the morning after Tanabata, so an exchange between the two men prompted by Tanabata is preserved in this book.
The author, written as "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki, the leading compiler of the Kokinshū, who wrote its kana preface and the Tosa Diary. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "aimizute," means "without seeing you."
Second line, "hitohi mo kimi ni," means "even for a single day, to you," set against the year-long separation of the Tanabata stars.
Third line, "narawaneba," means "since I have not grown used," with "neba," the perfective form of the negative followed by "ba," giving the reason.
Fourth line, "tanabata yori mo," means "more than the Tanabata stars."
Final line, "ware zo masareru," means "I am the one whose longing is greater," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by "ru," the attributive form of the continuative auxiliary "ri."
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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