Nani ka sono na no tatsu koto no oshikaramu shirite madou wa ware hitori ka wa - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

何かその名の立つことの惜しからむ
知りて惑ふは我ひとりかは

Roma-ji: Nani ka sono na no tatsu koto no oshikaramu shirite madou wa ware hitori ka wa
English Translation: Why should I regret
that my name be bandied round
in wagging rumor?
Am I alone, then, who knows
and still goes astray in love?
Meaning: Why should I mind if rumors about us spread? Am I the only one who knows better and still loses his way in love?
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Forms 1053

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The poet defiantly declares that there is no need to fear rumors of a love affair, since he is hardly the only one who loses his way in love despite knowing better. The defiant tone, with its stacked rhetorical questions, gives the poem its haikai quality.
The author, "Okikaze," is Fujiwara no Okikaze. The son of Fujiwara no Michinari, he held provincial posts in Sagami and Shimōsa. Also skilled at the koto, he is one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "Nani ka sono," uses rhetorical "ka": why should. The line has an extra syllable.
Second line, "na no tatsu koto no," means rumors arising about one's name.
Third line, "oshikaramu," takes the attributive "mu" in response to "ka." The poem breaks here.
Fourth line, "shirite madou wa," means one who knows and still goes astray.
Fifth line, "ware hitori ka wa," uses rhetorical "ka wa": am I alone? Surely not.
Author: Fujiwara no Okikaze
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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