Hito shirenu hito machigao ni miyumeru wa ta ga tanometaru koyoi naruran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人知れぬ人待ち顔に見ゆめるは
誰が頼めたる今宵なるらん

Roma-ji: Hito shirenu hito machigao ni miyumeru wa ta ga tanometaru koyoi naruran
English Translation: You seem to be waiting,
with the look of one who waits
for someone in secret;
whose promise has made you trust
in this evening, I wonder?
Meaning: You look as though you are secretly waiting for someone. Who is it, I wonder, who has given you hope for tonight?
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Love Poems 1220

Headnote: "Sent when, still a Lesser Captain, he passed in front of the Uneme quarters and Uneme of Asuka was gazing out"
The poet says she looks as if secretly waiting for someone, and asks who it is that has given her hope for tonight. The headnote shows that when he was still a Lesser Captain, he passed in front of the quarters of the uneme, the palace attendants, and seeing Uneme of Asuka gazing out, he sent her this. Taking the attendant's pensive gaze for the face of one awaiting a lover, he playfully asks whom she is waiting for. The next poem, 1221, is her reply.
The author, written as "Ononomiya Chancellor," is Fujiwara no Saneyori. The eldest son of the Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira, he rose to Regent and Chancellor and founded the Ononomiya line.
"Mata" in the headnote of the main text is read here as "mada," still.

First line, "hito shirenu," means "unknown to others," speaking of a secret love.
Second line, "hito machigao ni," means "with the look of one waiting for someone," repeating "hito" from the first line. It pairs with the final line of the next poem, 1221, "matsu hito mo nashi," around the theme of waiting.
Third line, "miyumeru wa," means "you seem to be," with "meru" the attributive form of the auxiliary of inference "meri."
Fourth line, "ta ga tanometaru," means "whom has given you hope," with "tanomu" in its lower bigrade form meaning to make someone rely on a promise.
Final line, "koyoi naruran," means "is this the night," with "ran" the attributive form of the auxiliary of present conjecture.
Author: Fujiwara no Saneyori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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