Koishinaba koi mo shine to ka wagimoko ga wagie no kado o sugite yukuramu

恋ひ死なば恋ひも死ねとか我妹子が
我家の門を過ぎて行くらむ

Roma-ji: Koishinaba koi mo shine to ka wagimoko ga wagie no kado o sugite yukuramu
English Translation: "If you die of love,
then go on and die of love":
is that why my dear,
right before my very gate,
keeps on passing by my house
Meaning: Is it that she means, "If you would die of love, then die of love"? Is that why my beloved passes right by the gate of my house?
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2401

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing One's Feelings Directly"
Seeing his beloved pass by his gate without stopping at his house, the speaker reproaches her, asking whether she means that if he would die of love he should simply die. The poem conveys the grief of feeling cast off, in his suffering, by her cold behavior.
The first and second lines are almost the same phrase as "koishinaba koi mo shine to ya" in poem 2370 of this book, suggesting it was a set expression for reproaching an unfeeling lover. Like poem 2390 of this book, it also invokes death from love to show the depth of suffering.
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, "koishinaba": "if you would die of love." The irrealis form with "ba" makes a hypothetical condition, setting the premise for guessing at her heart.
Second line, "koi mo shine to ka": "is it 'die of love, then'?" "Shine" is an imperative, and the particle "ka" asks a question, forming a kakari-musubi with "ramu" in the last line. The poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, "wagimoko ga": "my dear beloved," an affectionate form of address, carrying a love that still yearns for an unfeeling partner.
Fourth line, "wagie no kado o": "the gate of my house." "Wagie" means one's own home, naming concretely the place she passes by.
Fifth line, "sugite yukuramu": "does she pass on by?" The present-conjectural auxiliary "ramu," answering "ka" in the second line, ends in the attributive form, expressing doubt about her true intent.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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