Ajikinashi nageki na tsume so uki koto ni ai kurumi oba sutenu monokara - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あぢきなしなげきなつめそ憂きことに
あひくるみをば捨てぬものから

Roma-ji: Ajikinashi nageki na tsume so uki koto ni ai kurumi oba sutenu monokara
English Translation: How pointless it is!
Do not cram your heart with grief—
for though you meet with
troubles that torment this self,
you will not cast that self away.
Meaning: It is all so futile. Do not pack your heart with grief—for even when you meet with sorrows that torment you, you will not throw that suffering self away.
Commentary: Book Ten Names of Things 455

Headnote: "Pear, jujube, walnut"
This poem says that it is futile, so one should not cram one's heart with grief, since one will not throw away the self that suffers in meeting sorrows. It hides three fruit names in order: "nashi" (pear) in "ajikinashi" in the first line, "natsume" (jujube) in "nageki na tsume so" in the second, and "kurumi" (walnut) in "ai kurumi" in the fourth. Following the four titles of the preceding poem, another poem fitting several titles into one continues the sequence.
The poet, "Hyōe," was a daughter of Fujiwara no Takatsune. She served at court and was known as Hyōe.

First line "Ajikinashi" means "futile, hopeless," and the poem pauses here. The final "nashi" hides the title "nashi" (pear).
Second line "nageki na tsume so" uses "na ... so" to forbid: "do not cram in grief." "Natsume" hides the title "natsume" (jujube). The poem pauses here.
Third line "uki koto ni" means "with troubles."
Fourth line "ai kurumi oba" means "the self that meets and suffers." "Kurumi" hides the title "kurumi" (walnut).
Fifth line "sutenu monokara" uses the concessive "monokara," meaning "though you will not cast that self away."
Author: Hyōe
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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