Akanesasu hi ni mukaitemo omoiideyo miyako wa harenu nagame suramu to - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あかねさす日に向ひても思ひ出でよ
都ははれぬながめすらむと

Roma-ji: Akanesasu hi ni mukaitemo omoiideyo miyako wa harenu nagame suramu to
English Translation: Even as you face
the sun in its crimson glow,
remember me then:
in the capital, unclearing,
I must gaze through the long rains.
Meaning: Even when you turn toward the bright, glowing sun, remember me: think that in the capital I must be sunk in brooding, my heart as clouded as the endless rains.
Commentary: Book Six Parting Poems 178

A poem asking a departing traveler to remember the one left in the capital whenever facing the bright sunlight. The cheerful sun of the journey is set against the poet in the capital, sunk in thoughts as unclearing as the long rains, conveying the gloom of one left behind.

First line, "akanesasu," is a pillow word for "hi" (sun), meaning glowing crimson, and lends an impression of bright light.
Second line, "hi ni mukaitemo," means even each time you face the sun on your journey. "Idemu hi goto ni" in 183 likewise asks to be remembered whenever the sun appears, so the device of exchanging thoughts through the sunlight answers across the book.
Third line, "omoiideyo," is an imperative, an earnest request to the traveler. The poem breaks here, and the following lines, inverted, give what is to be remembered.
Fourth line, "miyako wa harenu": "harenu" means both that the sky does not clear and that the heart does not clear, in contrast to the bright sun of the first line.
Final line, "nagame suramu to": "nagame" is a pivot meaning both long rains and a brooding gaze, associated with "harenu." The conjectural "ramu" invites the traveler to imagine the poet's present state in the capital.
Source: Shika Wakashu
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