Tanabata wa mata kon aki mo tanomuramu au yo mo shiranu mi o ika ni sen - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

七夕はまた来む秋も頼むらむ
逢ふ夜も知らぬ身をいかにせむ

Roma-ji: Tanabata wa mata kon aki mo tanomuramu au yo mo shiranu mi o ika ni sen
English Translation: The Weaver Maiden
can trust in autumn coming
round to her again,
but I who know no night to meet,
what am I to do
Meaning: The Weaver Maiden can rely on autumn coming round again; but I, who do not know when any night of meeting will come, what am I to do?
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 363

Even the Weaver Maiden, who may meet her lover only once a year, can rely on next autumn; but the poet, who does not know when a night of meeting will ever come, laments what to do. Comparing herself with the two stars of Tanabata, she pleads a lot worse even than theirs.
Some manuscripts name the mother of Lieutenant Kinnori as the author and give the headnote 'Composed at Lord Akisue's house on the sentiment of love likened to the Weaver Maiden.' It would then be a poem on that topic composed at the house of Fujiwara no Akisue.

First line, 'tanabata wa', means the Weaver Maiden, said to meet the Herdsman Star once a year on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month.
Second line, 'mata kon aki mo', means the autumn that will come again.
Third line, 'tanomuramu', means she must rely on, using the present conjecture ramu. The poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'au yo mo shiranu', means not knowing any night to meet, set against the promised meeting of Tanabata.
Final line, 'mi o ika ni sen', means what am I to do with myself.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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