Aware ni mo tare ka wa tsuyu mo omowamashi kienokorubeki waga mi naraneba - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あはれにも誰かはつゆも思はまし
消え残るべき我が身ならねば

Roma-ji: Aware ni mo tare ka wa tsuyu mo omowamashi kienokorubeki waga mi naraneba
English Translation: With a tender heart,
who would grieve, even a dewdrop,
for you, if you'd gone?
for I am not one who would
linger on, unvanished, here
Meaning: Had you vanished, who would have grieved for you, even a dewdrop's worth? No one—for I am not one who could linger on, unvanished, after you.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 1226

Headnote: "Reply."
This is the seventh poem of the sequence on resenting a cold-hearted lover and enduring the pain, a reply to the preceding poem. Had she vanished, who would grieve for her even a dewdrop's worth? For he himself could not linger on unvanished.
The author, "Koga Palace Minister," is Minamoto no Masamichi. A court noble of the Murakami Genji, he rose to Palace Minister and was called the Koga Palace Minister.

The first line, "aware ni mo," means "with tender feeling."
In the second line, "tare ka wa tsuyu mo," "tsuyu" is a pivot word meaning both "in the least" and the "dew" of the preceding poem. The particle "ka wa" is rhetorical, answering "mashi" in the third line.
The third line, "omowamashi," means "who would grieve? no one," with a pause after the third line. It takes up the counterfactual "mashikaba" of the preceding poem and answers with the same "mashi."
The fourth line, "kienokorubeki," means "that could remain unvanished," taking up "kiyu," "to vanish," from "kienamashikaba" in the preceding poem.
The last line, "waga mi naraneba," means "since I am not such a one." With the reasoning that if she vanished he would follow her, so no one would be left to grieve, he answers her question with sincerity. It is a paired exchange carrying on the "dew" and "vanishing" of the preceding poem.
Author: Minamoto no Masamichi
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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