Tamakiharu yo made to sadame tanomitaru kimi ni yorite shi koto no shigekeku

たまきはる世までと定め頼みたる
君によりてし言の繁けく

Roma-ji: Tamakiharu yo made to sadame tanomitaru kimi ni yorite shi koto no shigekeku
English Translation: For as long as life,
for all my days, I resolved,
and placed my trust in you;
yet because of you, my lord,
how thick the gossip grows
Meaning: I made up my mind to trust in you for all my days, as long as life endures, and yet because of you, how thick the gossip grows.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2398

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing One's Feelings Directly"
A woman laments that, because of the man she has resolved to rely on for the whole of her life, the rumors of the world arise thick and fast. Though she finds the gossip painful, her trust in him seems unshaken.
Like the preceding poem, it closes with "koto no shigekeku," so the two are bound by the same line. Where the preceding poem lamented the gossip from the position of the man who visits daily, this one speaks from the woman's position of rumors arising because of the man she trusts, so that the two form a pair as if man and woman were answering each other.
The author is unknown; according to the left note, the poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection. That collection is thought to contain both Hitomaro's own poems and poems by others that he recorded. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "tamakiharu": a pillow word attached to "life-span." It also modifies "life" and "within," and here it evokes a whole life for as long as it lasts.
Second line, "yo made to sadame": "resolving it to be for all my life," expressing a firm decision to spend her life with him.
Third line, "tanomitaru": "in whom I trust." It is the attributive form of the continuative auxiliary "tari" and modifies "you" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "kimi ni yorite shi": "because of you." "Shi" is an emphatic particle, stressing that he is the cause of the rumors.
Fifth line, "koto no shigekeku": "how thick the gossip is." "Shigekeku" is the nominalized form of "shigeshi," closing the poem with a sigh. It is the same line that closes the preceding poem.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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