Tabi ni sura himo toku mono o koto shigemi marone zo waga suru nagaki kono yo o

旅にすら紐解くものを言繁み
まろ寝ぞ我がする長きこの夜を

Roma-ji: Tabi ni sura himo toku mono o koto shigemi marone zo waga suru nagaki kono yo o
English Translation: Even on a journey
one would loosen sash and sleep,
but with gossip thick
I lie down in all my clothes
through this long, long night alone.
Meaning: Even on a journey one loosens one's sash to sleep—but gossip is so rife that I lie down in my clothes through this long night.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Love Poems 2305

Headnote: "Poems in Dialogue"
This poem laments that though one loosens the sash to rest even on a journey, gossip is so thick that the speaker cannot meet the beloved and sleeps alone fully clothed. Its headnote is "Poems in Dialogue." The pain of love hindered by others' eyes and rumors overlaps with the loneliness of sleeping alone through the long autumn night. It forms an exchange with the next poem, 2306.

In the first line, "tabi ni sura," "sura" means even: even on a journey.
In the second line, "himo toku mono o," "mono o" is adversative: though one loosens the sash.
In the third line, "koto shigemi," "koto" means gossip and "mi" marks cause: since rumors are thick.
In the fourth line, "marone zo waga suru," "marone" is sleeping fully clothed and "zo" an emphatic particle in kakari-musubi with the attributive "suru." The poem breaks here.
The last line, "through this long night," names by inversion the time at the end.
Source: Manyoshu
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