Kimi ga muta yukamashi mono o onaji koto okurete oredo yoki koto mo nashi

君が共行かましものを同じこと
後れて居れどよきこともなし

Roma-ji: Kimi ga muta yukamashi mono o onaji koto okurete oredo yoki koto mo nashi
English Translation: Together with you
I should have gone away;
it is all the same,
for though I stayed behind
there is nothing good at all
Meaning: I should have gone with you; it is all the same, for though I have stayed behind, nothing good has come of it.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Exchange Poems of Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome 3773

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome"
She sings that she should have gone with him; staying behind has brought nothing good. With hope of Yakamori's return dashed when he was not included even in the amnesty of the preceding poem, it expresses regret at having remained in the capital. Though going with him to his place of exile was impossible, her grief is so deep that she wishes she had gone all the same.
The author, Sano no Otogami no Otome, was a lady-in-waiting of low rank known as a nyoju, serving in the palace storehouse office; she is also written Sano no Chigami no Otome.
A left note reads "the above eight poems are by the young woman"; the eight poems from 3767 to 3774 of this book were sent by the young woman to Yakamori. 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, "kimi ga muta": "muta" means together with: with you.
Second line, "yukamashi mono o": "mashi" is counterfactual and "mono o" an exclamation with an adversative turn: I should have gone. The poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, "onaji koto": it is all the same either way.
Fourth line, "okurete oredo": "okuru" means to be left behind: though I remain behind.
Fifth line, "yoki koto mo nashi": there is nothing good at all, the poem ends.
Author: Sano no Otogami no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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