Au koto wa nagame furuya no itabisashi sasuga ni kakete toshi no henuramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

逢ふことはながめふる屋の板びさし
さすがにかけて年の経ぬらむ

Roma-ji: Au koto wa nagame furuya no itabisashi sasuga ni kakete toshi no henuramu
English Translation: With no chance to meet,
I gaze out through the long rains
under board eaves of
my old house—and still, with you
held in mind, the years have passed
Meaning: With no chance to meet, I sit gazing through the long rains beneath the board eaves of my aging house; and still, holding you in my heart, the years have gone by.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 504

With no chance to meet, lost in thought beneath the board eaves of an old house in the long rains, the poet has, it seems, passed the years still holding the beloved in her heart. Layering nagame, gazing and long rain, furu, falling and growing old, and the eaves set out and the beloved kept in mind, the poem laments years spent in waiting.
Like poems 436 and 449 in this book, it weaves in the eaves to lament a love that cannot meet.

First line, 'au koto wa', means meeting my beloved.
Second line, 'nagame furuya no', is a pivot word in which nagame means both gazing lost in thought and long rain, and furu means both rain falling and a house growing old, all left in kana.
Third line, 'itabisashi', means eaves roofed with boards, a word related to sasu and kake in the fourth line.
Fourth line, 'sasuga ni kakete', means still keeping you in mind, echoing the eaves set out over the house.
Final line, 'toshi no henuramu', means the years must have passed, the perfective nu followed by the conjectural ramu.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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