Ko no ma yori hire furu sode o yoso ni mite ikaga wa subeki Matsura Sayohime - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

木の間より領巾振る袖をよそに見て
いかがはすべき松浦佐用姫

Roma-ji: Ko no ma yori hire furu sode o yoso ni mite ikaga wa subeki Matsura Sayohime
English Translation: Through the trees, from far,
seeing only the sleeve
that waves its long scarf,
what am I to do, tell me,
O Sayohime of Matsura
Meaning: Seeing only from afar, through the trees, the sleeve that waves its scarf, what am I to do, O Sayohime of Matsura?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 847

Headnote: "Composed on the heart of love when presenting hundred-poem sequences in the reign of Emperor Horikawa"
This poem was composed on the heart of love for the hundred-poem sequences presented in the reign of Emperor Horikawa, the so-called Horikawa Hyakushu. Seeing only from afar, through the trees, the sleeve that waves the scarf, what am I to do, O Sayohime of Matsura, he says. Drawing on the legend that Sayohime of Matsura in Hizen waved her scarf from a hilltop in grief at parting from Ōtomo no Sadehiko, who was crossing to Mimana, he sings of the frustration of seeing a beloved wave her sleeve in the distance and being unable to draw near.
The author, "Fujiwara no Mototoshi," was the son of Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Toshiie. Though he was not favored in rank, he stood with Minamoto no Toshiyori as a leading figure in the poetry circles of the cloistered rule era, served as judge at poetry contests, and became the teacher of Fujiwara no Shunzei. A poem of his is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
The next poem, 848, is also a love poem from the same sequences, so that two Horikawa Hyakushu poems stand side by side.

First line, "ko no ma yori": "from between the trees," showing a gaze reaching from afar.
Second line, "hire furu sode o": "hire" is the long, narrow scarf ancient women wore over their shoulders. It draws on the legend of Sayohime waving her scarf in grief at parting.
Third line, "yoso ni mite": "seeing only from far away." It expresses a distance that cannot be closed.
Fourth line, "ikaga wa subeki": "ikaga" is an interrogative adverb and "wa" an emphatic particle, "what am I to do." The poem pauses here.
Fifth line, "Matsura Sayohime": an address to the legendary woman said to have lived at Matsura in Hizen, ending the poem on a noun. Against the background of the Sayohime legend found in the Man'yōshū, it lays over it the grief of a love held far apart.
Author: Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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