Kakute dani nao aware naru okuyama ni kimi konu yoyo o omoishiranan - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

かくてだになほあはれなる奥山に
君来ぬ夜々を思ひ知らなん

Roma-ji: Kakute dani nao aware naru okuyama ni kimi konu yoyo o omoishiranan
English Translation: Even as we are now,
it is still so forlorn here
in the deep mountains;
the nights when you do not come,
I wish you would know them well
Meaning: Even now, with you here, this deep mountain is so forlorn; I wish you would understand what the nights are like when you do not come.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1062

Headnote: "Composed on the occasion when, as I was living in seclusion at a mountain temple and feeling forlorn because it was raining, someone came to visit and we composed poems"
He was living in seclusion at a mountain temple, and one rainy, forlorn day someone came to visit and they composed poems; this poem was composed on that occasion. Even now with you here this deep mountain is forlorn; I wish you would know the nights when you do not come, he says. Since he feels forlorn even with a guest on a rainy day, he asks the visitor to imagine how lonely the nights alone must be, conveying both gratitude for the visit and the solitude of life at a mountain temple.
The author, "the monk Dōmyō," was a son of Fujiwara no Michitsuna. A monk of the Tendai school, he served as superintendent of Tennōji. He was known for the beauty of his voice in chanting the sutras.
Where the preceding poem, 1061, is written by one waiting for a recluse who sends no word, this one is written by the recluse himself lamenting how seldom he is visited, a reversal of roles between the one in seclusion and the one who visits.

First line, "kakute dani": "even as things are now, with you here," with "dani" an adverbial particle naming a lesser case to suggest a greater.
Second line, "nao aware naru": "still so forlorn."
Third line, "okuyama ni": "in the deep mountains" where the temple stands.
Fourth line, "kimi konu yoyo o": "the many nights when you do not come," contrasted with "kakute" in the first line.
Fifth line, "omoishiranan": "nan" is a final particle expressing a wish directed at another, "I wish you would know."
Author: Dōmyō
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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