Arakarishi kaze no nochi yori taenuru wa kumode ni sugaku ito ni ya aruramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

荒かりし風の後より絶えぬるは
蜘蛛手にすがく糸にやあるらむ

Roma-ji: Arakarishi kaze no nochi yori taenuru wa kumode ni sugaku ito ni ya aruramu
English Translation: Since the wind blew hard,
what has broken off from me,
could it be a thread
spun out in all directions
by a spider's web
Meaning: What broke off after that fierce wind, I wonder, was it only a spider's thread spun out every which way?
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 386

Word from the other broke off after the fierce wind, and the poet wonders whether their bond was as frail as the threads a spider stretches out in all directions. The spider's thread snapped by the wind carries a love that has broken off.
Some manuscripts give a headnote saying that it was sent because no word had come since.
Like the spider in poem 351 and 'sasagani no' in poem 404 in this book, it sings of the spider.
The author, Sagami, was a lady poet called Sagami because she had been the wife of Ōe no Kinsuke, Governor of Sagami. She served Princess Shūshi, and one of her poems appears in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, 'arakarishi', means that was fierce, using the attributive of the past ki.
Second line, 'kaze no nochi yori', means since the wind blew.
Third line, 'taenuru wa', means what has broken off, the other's letters and visits. 'Kakitaete' in poem 404 in this book also sings of a broken bond.
Fourth line, 'kumode ni sugaku', means spinning a web as a spider spreads its legs in all directions. Like the second line 'uwaba ni sugaku' of poem 351 in this book, it uses sugaku.
Final line, 'ito ni ya aruramu', means might it be a thread, the particle ya binding with the attributive of the present conjecture ramu.
Author: Sagami
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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