Muratori no tachinishi waga na imasara ni kotonashibu tomo shirushi arame ya - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

群鳥の立ちにし我が名今さらに
ことなしぶともしるしあらめや

Roma-ji: Muratori no tachinishi waga na imasara ni kotonashibu tomo shirushi arame ya
English Translation: Like a flock of birds
my name has risen all at once;
now, after all this,
though I feign that nothing happened,
would it ever do any good
Meaning: My name has risen like a flock of birds taking wing all at once; now, even if I pretend that nothing happened, what good would it possibly do?
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 674

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
A reputation that has spread like a flock of birds taking off at once cannot be undone by pretending, now, that nothing happened, the poet says. The noisy flight of a flock is likened to the way rumor spreads, and the speaker regards the irreversible situation with resignation.
The author is recorded as anonymous, and the name has not come down to us.
The fourth line of the text reads kotonashibu tomo, which does not match kotonashimu tomo in the kana reading line; here the text is followed.

The first line, "muratori no," means "of a flock of birds," a pillow word for "rise" since a flock takes off at once.
The second line, "tachinishi waga na," means "my name that has risen," using the perfective nu and past ki.
The third line, "imasara ni," means "now, at this late stage."
The fourth line, "kotonashibu tomo," means "even if I act as though nothing happened," with the adversative hypothetical tomo.
The final line, "shirushi arame ya," means "would it have any effect? none," formed from me, the realis of the conjectural mu, plus the rhetorical ya.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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