Morotomo ni onaji miyako wa ideshikado tsui ni wa haru ni wakarenuru kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

もろともに同じ都は出でしかど
つひには春に別れぬるかな

Roma-ji: Morotomo ni onaji miyako wa ideshikado tsui ni wa haru ni wakarenuru kana
English Translation: Together we set out,
the spring and I, from the same
capital, and yet
in the end it came to pass
that I parted from the spring
Meaning: The spring and I set out together from the same capital, but in the end, along the road, I have parted from the spring.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 130

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'The End of the Third Month on a Journey'"
Composed on the topic "The End of the Third Month on a Journey." Since the poet left the capital in spring, he and the spring set out together from the same city; but as the journey went on, the Third Month ran out and at last he parted from the spring. Likening spring to a traveling companion, he overlays the end of spring with the loneliness of parting from a companion on the road.
The author, "Priest Rinken," is Rinken, a monk said to be the son of Tachibana no Yoshinari; little is known of his life.

First line, "morotomo ni": "together," showing that spring and the poet were companions.
Second line, "onaji miyako wa": "from the same capital," meaning he left the city together with the spring.
Third line, "ideshikado": "shika" is the realized form of the past "ki" and "do" concessive: "though we set out."
Fourth line, "tsui ni wa haru ni": "tsui ni" means "at last, in the end."
Fifth line, "wakarenuru kana": "nuru" is the attributive of the perfective "nu" and "kana" exclamatory. Where 121 of this book wished to "go back together with the spring," this poem tells of setting out with the spring only to part from it.
Author: Rinken
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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