Kannazuki yo ni furinitaru shigure to ya kyō no nagame o akazu miruran - Izumi Shikibu Nikki(English Translation & Meaning)

神無月よにふりにたる時雨とや
けふの詠めをあかす見る覽

Roma-ji: Kannazuki yo ni furinitaru shigure to ya kyō no nagame o akazu miruran
English Translation: In this Godless Month,
do you think it only the old
showers of the world,
as you gaze at today's long rain
and never tire of it?
Meaning: Do you take it for the same old showers of the tenth month, the kind the world has always known, as you gaze tirelessly at today's long rain?
Commentary: 32 The Promise to View Autumn Leaves

On the evening of their exchange on the frosty morning, the prince came and invited her: "How lovely the autumn leaves on the mountains must be now. Come, let us go and see them," and Izumi Shikibu replied, "That would be delightful." But when the day came, the prince sent word: "Today I must stay shut in for a day of abstinence, which is a great pity. Once it is over, without fail." That night the winter showers fell harder than usual, with a sound as though every leaf on the trees would be stripped away. Waking, Izumi Shikibu murmured to herself, "before the wind," and spent the rest of the night regretting that the leaves must all have fallen and wishing they had gone to see them the day before.
The woman is Izumi Shikibu, daughter of Ōe no Masamune and, as the wife of Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, mother of Koshikibu no Naishi. The Prince of the Dazaifu is Prince Atsumichi, fourth son of Emperor Reizei, so called because he served as Governor-General of the Dazaifu. A day of abstinence was a period of staying shut indoors and keeping oneself pure in order to avoid misfortune, according to the art of yin and yang.
On the morning after the outing to see the leaves had been prevented by his abstinence, thinking of her through the night of showers, the prince sent this poem, adding, "What a pity it was."
Izumi Shikibu replied with "Shigure ka mo nani ni nuretaru tamoto zo to sadamekanete zo ware mo nagamuru," and, with the words "And by the way," added "Momijiba wa yowa no shigure ni araji kashi kinō yamabe o mitaramashikaba."

The opening lines mean "of the Godless Month, grown old in the world," where "furi" means both showers falling and growing old and commonplace; the tenth month was the season of winter showers. The third line means "thinking it the showers," with an interrogative particle.
The lower verses mean "do you gaze at today's long rain without tiring?" with "nagame" meaning both long rain and gazing, and an auxiliary of present conjecture. On a morning when their outing had fallen through and the leaves must have been stripped by the night's showers, he asks whether she watches them as ordinary rain, conveying both his awkwardness at breaking his promise and his concern for her feelings.
Author: Prince Atsumichi
Source: Izumi Shikibu Nikki
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