Oshimikane ge ni iishiranu wakare kana tsuki mo ima wa no ariake no sora - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

惜しみかねげに言ひ知らぬ別れかな
月も今はの有明の空

Roma-ji: Oshimikane ge ni iishiranu wakare kana tsuki mo ima wa no ariake no sora
English Translation: Too sad to let go,
it is truly beyond words,
this parting of ours;
the moon too is at its end
in the sky of the lingering dawn
Meaning: Unable to hold back my regret, this parting is truly beyond words; and the moon, too, has come to its last moment in the sky at dawn.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 946

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Unable to bear the parting, he says, it is truly beyond words; the moon too is at its final moment in the dawn sky. The morning parting from the lover with whom he has spent the night cannot be regretted enough and is painful past all words. In the sky the lingering moon is about to set, announcing that the time to part has come, and the poem entrusts the pain of the morning-after parting to the scene of the dawn moon. The second line in the text reads "ge ni iishiranu," which does not match "ge ni shiishiranu" in the line of kana readings; the text is followed here.
The author, "Regent, former Minister of the Right," was Kujō Kanezane. The son of Regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi, he founded the Kujō house. After serving as Minister of the Right, he became Regent and Chancellor, and left the diary Gyokuyō.
It shares with 907 of this book, "ariake no tsuki mizu hima ni," the parting at the hour of the dawn moon. Where 907 speaks from the side of the one left behind, gazing at the traces of a lover who left before the moon could be seen, this poem sings of a parting regretted while watching the moon about to set. Poem 949 also sings of "a parting from autumn."

First line, "oshimikane": "kane" is the continuative of "kanu," "to be unable," "unable to regret enough."
Second line, "ge ni iishiranu": "ge ni" means "truly," and "iishiranu" "beyond words."
Third line, "wakare kana": "kana" is exclamatory, "oh, this parting." The poem pauses here. It shares "wakare" with "aki no wakare ni" in the second line of 949 of this book.
Fourth line, "tsuki mo ima wa no": "ima wa" means "now it is over, the final moment," overlaying the time of parting and the moment the moon sets.
Fifth line, "ariake no sora": the dawn sky with the moon still lingering, ending on a noun and leaving an afterglow. It shares its wording with "ariake no" in the first line of 907 of this book.
Author: Kujō Kanezane
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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