Kimi koso wa hitoyomeguri no kami to kike nani au koto no katatagauramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

君こそは一夜めぐりの神と聞け
何逢ふことの方違ふらむ

Roma-ji: Kimi koso wa hitoyomeguri no kami to kike nani au koto no katatagauramu
English Translation: You, I have heard,
are like the god who circles
all in a single night;
why then, when it comes to me,
must you shun my direction
Meaning: You, I hear, are a god who goes the rounds in a single night; why then, when it comes to meeting me, must you avoid my direction?
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 479

The poet has heard that the man, like a god who circles every direction in a single night, goes from woman to woman, so why does he avoid meeting her alone, as if changing direction to escape bad luck? Invoking a god of yin-yang lore and the custom of katatagae, the poem wraps resentment of a fickle man in wit.
Like poems 467 and 508 in this book, it sings of love through a god.

First line, 'kimi koso wa', means you indeed, the particle koso answered by kike in the third line.
Second line, 'hitoyomeguri no', means circling in a single night, referring to a god said in yin-yang lore to make the rounds of every direction in one night.
Third line, 'kami to kike', means I hear you are such a god, the perfective form kike answering koso in the first line and turning concessively into the lower verse.
Fourth line, 'nani au koto no', means why, in meeting.
Final line, 'katatagauramu', means do you shun my direction, katatagau being the custom of avoiding an unlucky direction by going by way of another. It uses the conjectural ramu.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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