Korizuma ni mata mo nakina wa tachinubeshi hito nikukaranu yo ni shi sumaeba - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

懲りずまにまたもなき名は立ちぬべし
人憎からぬ世にし住まへば

Roma-ji: Korizuma ni mata mo nakina wa tachinubeshi hito nikukaranu yo ni shi sumaeba
English Translation: Never learning,
once again a groundless rumor
will surely rise,
for I go on living in a world
where I cannot hate another
Meaning: Never learning my lesson, I will surely see a baseless rumor rise again, since I go on living in this world unable to think ill of anyone I love.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 631

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
As long as the poet lives in this world with a nature unable to dislike others, rumors are bound to rise again. Having suffered from gossip before, yet unable to give up love, the speaker looks at the self with a half-resigned, lightly self-mocking tone.
The author is recorded as anonymous, and the name has not come down to us.
This closes the group of "groundless rumor" poems that began with poem 628; from the next poem the book turns to love that visits in secret.

The first line, "korizuma ni," means "without learning one's lesson."
The second line, "mata mo nakina wa," means "once again a baseless rumor," showing that the speaker has suffered from gossip before.
The third line, "tachinubeshi," means "will surely rise," the perfective nu and conjectural beshi expressing certainty, with a pause after the third line.
The fourth line, "hito nikukaranu," means "not finding people hateful," that is, being drawn to others.
The final line, "yo ni shi sumaeba," means "since I go on living in this world," using the emphatic shi and the continuative fu, and gives the reason in an inverted order.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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