Hito yori wa imo zo mo ashiki koi mo naku aramashi mono o omowashimetsutsu

人よりは妹ぞも悪しき恋もなく
あらましものを思はしめつつ

Roma-ji: Hito yori wa imo zo mo ashiki koi mo naku aramashi mono o omowashimetsutsu
English Translation: More than anyone
it is you, my love, who are to blame;
without this longing
I might have lived my life,
yet you make me pine so
Meaning: More than anyone else, it is you, my wife, who are to blame; I might have lived free of love's pain, but you keep me pining so.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Exchange Poems of Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome 3737

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome"
He sings in the form of reproaching his wife: more than anyone, she is to blame, for he might have lived free of love's pain, but she makes him pine. That he calls not those who caused his exile but his wife, who gives him longing, "ashiki" (to blame) expresses paradoxically the depth of love's pain and his strong feeling for her.
The author, Nakatomi no Yakamori, was a son of Nakatomi no Azumahito, from the Nakatomi clan in charge of the rites of the gods. He was exiled to Echizen Province for an offense, but was later pardoned and returned to the capital.
A left note reads "the above fourteen poems are by Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori"; the fourteen poems from 3731 to 3744 of this book were sent by Yakamori to the young woman from his place of exile. The latter half of this book contains sixty-three poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome. According to the book's table of contents, when Yakamori took as his wife the young woman, a lady-in-waiting of the palace storehouse office, he was exiled to Echizen Province by imperial decree. The place of exile is thought to be Ajimano in Echizen, near present-day Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture.

First line, "hito yori wa": more than others, thought to include those who caused his exile.
Second line, "imo zo mo ashiki": "zo" is a binding particle and "mo" exclamatory, resolved by the attributive "ashiki" (kakarimusubi): it is my wife who is to blame. The poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, "koi mo naku": without the pain of love.
Fourth line, "aramashi mono o": "mashi" is counterfactual and "mono o" an exclamation with an adversative turn: I might have lived so.
Fifth line, "omowashimetsutsu": "shimu" is causative and "tsutsu" continuative: making me keep on pining; it trails off, giving the reason for blaming her.
Author: Nakatomi no Yakamori
Source: Manyoshu
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