Hito shirezu kimi ni tsuketeshi waga sode no kesa shimo tokezu kōru narubeshi - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人知れず君につけてしわが袖の
今朝しもとけず凍るなるべし

Roma-ji: Hito shirezu kimi ni tsuketeshi waga sode no kesa shimo tokezu kōru narubeshi
English Translation: Unknown to others
I have pinned my heart on you;
these sleeves of mine
this frosty morning, not thawing,
must surely be frozen through
Meaning: My sleeves, which secretly I have given to you, must surely be frozen this morning of frost, never to thaw.
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Poems 463

Headnote: "On a winter day, sent to Musashi."
The poet says that her sleeves, secretly given to you in longing, must surely be frozen this morning of frost, never to thaw. Through sleeves wet with tears for a distant lover and frozen in the winter cold, the poem conveys the depth of her longing.
According to the headnote, it was sent on a winter day to someone in the province of Musashi. Thinking of a lover far away in the eastern provinces, it overlays the frost and ice of a winter morning with the tears of love.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Hito shirezu," means "unknown to others, in secret."
The second line, "kimi ni tsuketeshi," means "which I have given over to you," with "shi" the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki."
The third line, "waga sode no," means "my sleeves," the sleeves wet with tears of love.
In the fourth line, "shimo" is a pivot word meaning both the emphatic particle "shimo" and winter "frost": "this morning, of all mornings, not thawing."
In the last line, "narubeshi" expresses assertion and conjecture: "they must surely be frozen."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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