Sono kami no tama no kazura o uchikaeshi ima wa koromo no ura o tanomamu - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

そのかみの玉のかつらをうちかへし
今は衣の裏を頼まむ

Roma-ji: Sono kami no tama no kazura o uchikaeshi ima wa koromo no ura o tanomamu
English Translation: The jeweled headdress
that you gave me long ago,
I now give back to you,
and trust instead to the jewel
sewn in the lining of my robe.
Meaning: Returning the jeweled headdress you gave me long ago, I will now put my trust in the jewel sewn inside the lining of my robe, the teaching of the Buddha.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems III 1712

Headnote: "When she became empress, the empress of Retired Emperor Reizei presented her with a forehead ornament; on taking vows she returned it."
This is the second of the poems exchanged with gifts of garments and ornaments on the occasion of taking vows. Returning the jeweled headdress she received on becoming empress, she will now rely on the jewel within the lining of her robe. According to the headnote, it was composed when, on taking vows, she returned the forehead ornament given to her by the empress of Retired Emperor Reizei when she became empress.
The author, "Higashi Sanjō-in," is Fujiwara no Senshi. A daughter of Fujiwara no Kaneie, she became a consort of Emperor En'yū and bore Emperor Ichijō. After becoming Empress Dowager she took the tonsure and, as the first woman given the title of Retired Lady, was called Higashi Sanjō-in.
"The lining of the robe" draws on the parable of the jewel sewn in the robe in the Lotus Sutra chapter on the prophecy for the five hundred disciples. A friend sewed a jewel into the lining of a man's robe while he slept drunk, but the man never noticed and lived in poverty; the jewel stands for the Buddha-nature all possess.

The first line, "sono kami no," means "of long ago." It is also read as letting "kami" echo the hair she cuts in taking vows.
The second line, "tama no kazura o," is a headdress adorned with jewels, the forehead ornament of the headnote, a symbol of her glory as empress.
The third line, "uchikaeshi," means "returning it." The same word stands in the third line of the preceding poem; there it meant turning a garment inside out, here it means giving back a gift.
The fourth line, "ima wa koromo no," refers to her present self, having left the world. "Koromo" suggests the Buddhist robe.
The last line, "ura o tanomamu," means "I will trust in the jewel within the lining," that is, the Buddha's teaching. "Mu" expresses intention, showing her resolve to rely on the jewel within the robe in place of jeweled ornaments. The next poem also speaks of "the jewel of the lining."
Author: Fujiwara no Senshi
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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