Yo ni shiranu aki no wakare ni uchisoete hitoyari narazu mono zo kanashiki - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

世に知らぬ秋の別れにうち添へて
人やりならず物ぞ悲しき

Roma-ji: Yo ni shiranu aki no wakare ni uchisoete hitoyari narazu mono zo kanashiki
English Translation: Added to the grief
of this parting from autumn,
like none in the world,
this sadness wells up in me,
forced by none but my own heart
Meaning: On top of this parting from autumn, sadder than any the world has known, a sorrow wells up in me that no one has forced upon me but my own heart.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 949

Headnote: "Sent to a woman on the last day of the ninth month"
Sent to a woman on the last day of the ninth month, the last day of autumn. Added to the parting from autumn, like none the world has known, he says, I am sad of my own accord. The sorrow of parting on the last day of the ninth month as autumn departs is especially deep, but on top of it, out of a love no one forced upon him, he feels sadder still, and overlaying the parting from the season with the sorrow of love, he conveys his feelings to her.
The author, "Provisional Middle Counselor Michichika," is Minamoto no Michichika. The son of Palace Minister Minamoto no Masamichi, he later rose to Palace Minister and was called the Tsuchimikado Palace Minister. He held real power at court under Retired Emperor Go-Toba.
It shares "wakare," "parting," with "wakare kana" in 946 of this book. Where 946 sings of the morning-after parting from a lover, this poem adds the sorrow of love to the parting from the season of autumn. Poem 952 also sings of love on "an autumn night."

First line, "yo ni shiranu": "unknown to the world," without parallel.
Second line, "aki no wakare ni": "to the parting from autumn" as it departs, taking up "the last day of the ninth month" in the headnote. It shares "wakare" with "wakare kana" in the third line of 946 of this book.
Third line, "uchisoete": "uchi" is a prefix, "adding further."
Fourth line, "hitoyari narazu": "not forced by another but of my own heart." It shows that besides the sorrow of autumn's parting there is a sorrow born of his own love.
Fifth line, "mono zo kanashiki": the emphatic "zo" closes with "kanashiki," the attributive of the adjective "kanashi," "how sad it all is."
Author: Minamoto no Michichika
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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