Iza koko ni waga yo wa henamu sugawara ya fushimi no sato no aremaku mo oshi - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いざここにわが世は経なむ菅原や
伏見の里の荒れまくも惜し

Roma-ji: Iza koko ni waga yo wa henamu sugawara ya fushimi no sato no aremaku mo oshi
English Translation: Come, it is right here
I will spend my days on earth;
at Sugawara,
that the village of Fushimi
should fall to ruin were a pity.
Meaning: Come, I will spend the rest of my life right here, for it would be a shame to let the village of Fushimi in Sugawara fall into ruin.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems II 981

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet resolves to go on living in the village of Fushimi in Sugawara. It would be a pity for the village to fall into ruin with no one to live there, so the poet decides to end his or her days in this place.
From here, poems on dwellings and villages follow, echoing others in this book such as 984 and 986, which sing of ruined houses and aging villages.
The author is recorded as anonymous, and the name has not come down to us.

The first line, "come, it is right here," uses iza, a word used when inviting others or making a resolution.
The second line, "I will spend my days on earth," uses na (perfective) and mu (volition); the poem breaks here.
The third line, "at Sugawara," names Sugawara in Yamato; ya is an interjectory particle introducing the place.
The fourth line, "the village of Fushimi," is in Sugawara in Yamato.
The last line, "should fall to ruin were a pity," uses aremaku, a nominalized form of aremu, "will fall into ruin," and gives the reason at the end by inversion.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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