Murakimo no kokoro kudakete kaku bakari aga kouraku o shirazu ka aruramu

むらきもの心砕けてかくばかり
我が恋ふらくを知らずかあるらむ

Roma-ji: Murakimo no kokoro kudakete kaku bakari aga kouraku o shirazu ka aruramu
English Translation: With a heart that breaks,
shattered as the heart within,
this much, all this much,
that I long for you, I wonder,
do you still not know of it
Meaning: My heart is breaking; does she not know how much I long for her?
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 720

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Seven poems sent by Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi to a maiden"
In the last of the seven, he laments: does she not know that he loves her so much his heart is breaking? The sequence closes with the grief of a love that does not reach its object.
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, was the son of Ōtomo no Tabito and a poet thought to have been deeply involved in compiling the Man'yōshū. He later rose to the rank of Middle Counselor.

First line, "With a heart that breaks," is murakimo no, a pillow word for "heart."
Second line, "shattered as the heart within," means my heart breaking.
Third line, "this much, all this much," means to this degree.
Fourth line, "that I long for you, I wonder," uses kouraku, the nominalized form of kou: my longing.
Fifth line, "do you still not know of it," uses the questioning ka and present conjectural ramu: does she not know?
Author: Otomo no Yakamochi
Source: Manyoshu
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