Koishi to mo omowade ikaga hisakata no amateru kami mo sora ni shiruramu

恋しとも思はでいかが久方の
天照る神も空に知るらむ

Roma-ji: Koishi to mo omowade ikaga hisakata no amateru kami mo sora ni shiruramu
English Translation: How could I not think
of you with longing, my friend?
Of the far-off heavens,
the god who shines from the sky
surely knows it from above.
Meaning: How could I not long for you? Surely the god who shines in the far heavens knows it from the sky above.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 614

Headnote: "In the eleventh month of Kenpō 6, when the monk Sozen, then Taneyuki, was in Shimōsa province, sending word that he should come up"
In the eleventh month of Kenpō 6 (1218), when the monk Sozen, then still Tō no Taneyuki, was in Shimōsa, the poet sent word asking him to come up to Kamakura. How could I not long for you? Surely the sun goddess in the heavens knows it; he frankly voices his affection for a trusted retainer.
The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts." The poem also appears in the Azuma Kagami, with a different line 2.

Line 1 means "that I long for you," addressed to the same person as 605 of this book.
Line 2 means "how could I not think it?" a rhetorical question, with a break after the line.
Line 3, hisakata no, is a pillow word for "heaven."
Line 4 means "the god who shines in heaven," Amaterasu.
Line 5 means "surely knows from the sky," ramu conjectural.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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