Aimimu to omoi na yori so shiranami no tachiken na dani oshiki migiwa o - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あひ見むと思ひな寄りそ白波の
たちけん名だに惜しき汀を

Roma-ji: Aimimu to omoi na yori so shiranami no tachiken na dani oshiki migiwa o
English Translation: Do not think to come
drawing near to meet with me:
like the whitecaps, rose
a rumor I regret enough,
here upon this water's edge
Meaning: Do not draw near thinking we might meet. Even the rumor that has already risen like the white waves is more than I can bear, here at the water's edge.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 729

Headnote: "Composed and sent when Major Counselor Shigemichi, then a Lesser Captain, had written to her, after rumors had arisen about them, that if so he would gladly make them true"
Composed and sent when Fujiwara no Shigemichi, later Major Counselor, then a Lesser Captain, wrote to her after rumors had risen about them that, if so, he would like to make them true. Do not draw near thinking to meet me, she says, for even the name that has risen like the white waves is a cause of regret at this water's edge. Taking up the shore where waves roll in, she firmly rebuffs his invitation to make the rumor real.
The author, "Mikawa of the household of the Hosshōji Lay Priest, the former Chancellor," was a lady-in-waiting in the household of Fujiwara no Tadamichi. Little is known of her career.
Following the preceding poem, 728, women's poems on a rumor that has arisen stand together. Where the preceding poem dismissed a groundless rumor as nothing, this one regrets even the rumor that has risen, so that their attitudes to gossip are in contrast.

First line, "aimimu to": "thinking to meet," taking up the man's words.
Second line, "omoi na yori so": "na... so" is a prohibition, "do not come near with that thought." "Yori," "to draw near," relates to "shiranami," "white waves," in the third line. The poem pauses here.
Third line, "shiranami no": "as the white waves rise," leading to "tachi" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "tachiken na dani": "tachi" pivots between white waves rising and a rumor arising. "Ken" is the past conjectural "kemu," and "dani" expresses inference from a lesser case, "even the name that has risen." It corresponds to "naki na" in the fourth line of the preceding poem in singing of rumor.
Fifth line, "oshiki migiwa o": "migiwa" is the water's edge where waves roll in, and "o" gives a reason with a note of lament, "at this shore where even my name is dear to me." With "yori," "shiranami" and "tachi," it completes a chain of words related to waves.
Author: Mikawa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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