Ware tanomu hito itazura ni nashihateba mata kumo wakete noboru bakari zo - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我頼む人いたづらになしはてば
また雲分けて上るばかりぞ

Roma-ji: Ware tanomu hito itazura ni nashihateba mata kumo wakete noboru bakari zo
English Translation: If those who trust me
I should leave to come to naught
in the end, then I
would part the clouds once again
and simply rise back to heaven.
Meaning: If I were to let those who rely on me come to nothing, I would have no choice but to part the clouds once more and return to heaven.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Poems on the Gods 1861

Headnote: "It is said to be a poem of the Kamo Deity."
This is the tenth poem in the sequence of poems composed by the gods. If I let the hopes of those who rely on me come to nothing, says the god, I would simply part the clouds and return to heaven. The left note says only that it is a poem of the Kamo Deity and records no circumstances. It expresses the god's firm vow never to abandon those who trust in him.
The poem has no headnote; a left note follows it instead. In this text the left note is placed under the number of the next poem, but its content shows that it belongs to this poem, so it is cited here as the headnote.
No author is named in the original. According to the left note, the poem is regarded as the utterance of the deity of Kamo. The Kamo Shrines, Kamigamo and Shimogamo in Yamashiro Province, were revered by the court as guardians of the capital Heian-kyō.

The first line, "ware tanomu," means "who rely on me"; "ware," "I," is the one relied upon, the god himself.
The second line, "hito itazura ni," means "people, in vain." Following the Kumano Deity's poems encouraging pilgrims, the god's concern for those who rely on him continues.
The third line, "nashihateba," means "if I should utterly make it so." "Hatsu," "to finish," is an auxiliary verb, and "ba" added to its irrealis form expresses a supposition.
The fourth line, "mata kumo wakete," means "parting the clouds again." "Mata," "again," presupposes that the god once descended from heaven to dwell in this land.
The last line, "noboru bakari zo," means "I would only rise to heaven," ending emphatically with "zo." If I abandon those who trust me, there is no reason to remain on earth—and so, turned inside out, the god vows his protection. It shares "bakari" with "utsuru bakari no" in the next poem, as two poems of the Kamo Deity stand together.
Author: Kamo Deity (per the left note)
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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