Oroka ni mo omowamashikaba Azumaji no Fuseya to iishi nobe ni nenamashi - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

おろかにも思はましかば東路の
伏屋といひし野辺に寝なまし

Roma-ji: Oroka ni mo omowamashikaba Azumaji no Fuseya to iishi nobe ni nenamashi
English Translation: Had I thought of you
but lightly, along the road
to the Eastern lands,
on the moor they call Fuseya
I would have lain down to sleep.
Meaning: Had I thought of you only lightly, I would have stopped and slept on the moor called Fuseya along the Eastern Road.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Congratulatory Poems 1198

Headnote: "When a man came up from the east and went to a woman he had once courted, and she asked him why he had hurried up to the capital"
The poet says that had he thought lightly of her, he would have slept on the moor called Fuseya on the Eastern Road. The headnote shows it was a man's answer when, having come up from the east and visited a woman he had once courted, she asked why he had hurried so to the capital. Bringing up the place name Fuseya on the way and letting its sense of a humble hut echo, he tells her that because he loves her deeply he hurried on without resting on the road.

First line, "oroka ni mo," means "lightly" or "carelessly."
Second line, "omowamashikaba," means "had I thought," with "mashika" the irrealis form of the counterfactual auxiliary "mashi," answering "mashi" in the final line.
Third line, "Azumaji no," means "of the road to the Eastern lands."
Fourth line, "Fuseya to iishi," means "the place called Fuseya," letting the place name Fuseya echo with its sense of a low, humble hut.
Final line, "nobe ni nenamashi," means "I would have slept on the moor," with "na" the irrealis form of the perfective "nu," completing the counterfactual "mashikaba ... mashi."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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