Kimi ga na no tatsu ni toga naki mi nariseba ōyoso hito ni nashite mimashi ya - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

君が名の立つにとがなき身なりせば
おほよそ人になして見ましや

Roma-ji: Kimi ga na no tatsu ni toga naki mi nariseba ōyoso hito ni nashite mimashi ya
English Translation: If I were a man
who'd bear no blame should rumors
spread about your name,
would you ever look on me
as just an ordinary man
Meaning: If I were someone who would bear no blame when rumors spread about your name, would you ever treat me as just anyone at all?
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems IV 880

Headnote: "To the Fifth Princess."
The poet asks whether, if he were someone who would bear no blame when rumors spread about her name, she would treat him as an ordinary person. Lamenting that a princess of high rank treats him coldly for fear of gossip linking them, he protests that this cannot be her true feeling.
According to the headnote, the poem was sent to the Fifth Princess. The next poem, 881, is the Fifth Princess's reply, and the two form an exchange.
The poet, listed as "Tadafusa Ason," was Fujiwara no Tadafusa. A son of Fujiwara no Koretsugu, also called Okitsugu, he served as Governor of Yamato and of Yamashiro among other posts, and rose to Master of the Right Capital Office.

The first line, "Kimi ga na no," means "your name."
The second line, "tatsu ni toga naki," means "blameless should it spread," referring to rumors of a love affair.
The third line, "mi nariseba," means "if I were one," with "seba" a counterfactual supposition corresponding to "mashi" in the last line.
The fourth line, "ōyoso hito ni," means "as an ordinary person." The next poem, 881, answers with the same word in "ōyoso ni."
The last line, "nashite mimashi ya," means "would you have treated me so," with "ya" rhetorical.
Author: Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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