Uramu tomo kakete koso mime karakoromo mi ni narenureba furinu to ka kiku - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

うらむともかけてこそ見め唐衣
身になれぬればふりぬとか聞く

Roma-ji: Uramu tomo kakete koso mime karakoromo mi ni narenureba furinu to ka kiku
English Translation: Though you may resent,
I'll hang it up and look on,
this Chinese robe—
once it settles on the body,
they say it soon grows worn
Meaning: Even if you resent me, I will keep you hung on my heart and only look, like a Chinese robe on its rack—for they say that once a robe settles on the body, it soon grows old.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems IV 849

Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that even if he resents her, she will keep him hung on her heart and only look, for she hears that a Chinese robe grows old once it settles on the body. To a man resentful at not growing close, she cleverly explains her distance: intimacy only leads to being tired of and worn out.
It is the reply to the preceding poem, 848, taking up its "uramu," "kakete," "karakoromo," and "mi ni nare" just as they are.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Uramu tomo," means "even if you resent," taking up "uramu" from the last line of the preceding poem and likewise playing on the "lining" of a robe.
The second line, "kakete koso mime," means "I will hang it and look," with "kake" meaning both hanging a robe and holding someone in one's heart. "Koso" is an emphatic binding particle closed by the perfective "me," and the poem pauses here.
The third line, "karakoromo," a fine Chinese-style robe, takes up the third line of the preceding poem unchanged.
The fourth line, "mi ni narenureba," means "once it settles on the body," reversing "mi ni narenu" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The last line, "furinu to ka kiku," means "I hear it grows old," layering a robe growing worn with a lover being tired of.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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