Ariake no tsuki mizu hima ni okite inishi hito no nagori o nagameshi mono o - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

有明の月見ずひまに起きていにし
人の名残を眺めしものを

Roma-ji: Ariake no tsuki mizu hima ni okite inishi hito no nagori o nagameshi mono o
English Translation: The one who rose and
went away before I saw
the moon of the dawn:
long I gazed at what remained
of him, lost in thought, and yet
Meaning: He rose and left so early that I never even saw the dawn moon, and long I gazed, lost in thought, at the traces he had left behind, and yet...
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 907

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The one who rose and left before I could see the dawn moon, she says, I gazed long at what remained of him, and yet... Seeing off a lover who rose and hurried away before dawn, too soon even to look at the lingering moon, she goes on gazing, lost in thought, at the traces he left behind, singing of the feelings that remain after parting. Breaking off with "mono o," she leaves an afterglow of reproach toward a man who seems not to know her heart.
The author, "Izumi Shikibu," was the daughter of Ōe no Masamune, Governor of Echizen. She became the wife of Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, and bore him Koshikibu no Naishi, and later had love affairs with Prince Tametaka and Prince Atsumichi. She served Jōtōmon'in Shōshi and is known for her passionate love poems. A poem of hers is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
This is the third of Izumi Shikibu's poems. Poem 946 of this book also sings of a parting beneath "the dawn sky," so that the two share the motif of parting under the lingering moon.

First line, "ariake no": "ariake" is the moon that lingers in the sky after daybreak, or the dawn hour itself. It shares the word with "ariake no sora" in the last line of 946 of this book.
Second line, "tsuki mizu hima ni": "zu" is the negative and "hima" means an interval, "in the interval before I saw the moon," that is, so early that there was no time to gaze at the dawn moon.
Third line, "okite inishi": a line with an extra syllable. "Ini" is the continuative of "inu," "to go away," and "shi" the attributive of the past "ki," "who rose and went away."
Fourth line, "hito no nagori o": "nagori" is the presence or trace that remains after someone has gone.
Fifth line, "nagameshi mono o": "nagame" is to gaze absently while lost in thought, "shi" the attributive of the past "ki," and "mono o" a final particle carrying an adversative sigh, "I gazed, and yet." Breaking off, it leaves reproach toward him lingering.
Author: Izumi Shikibu
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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