Ise no umi no ama no matekata itoma nami nagaraenikeru mi o zo uramuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

伊勢の海の海人のまてかたいとまなみ
長らへにける身をぞうらむる

Roma-ji: Ise no umi no ama no matekata itoma nami nagaraenikeru mi o zo uramuru
English Translation: On the sea of Ise
the divers, both hands at work,
never find a rest—
and I who lived on that way
can only resent myself
Meaning: Like the divers on the sea of Ise who never rest their hands, I have had no leisure, and so I resent myself for living on without ever coming to see you.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems V 916

Headnote: "Sent to someone he had long failed to visit, though not by his own wish."
The poet says that, like the divers of Ise who have no leisure, he has lived on without visiting her, and resents himself for it. Overlaying his own busy life with divers who work without rest, he apologizes for having been unable, against his will, to come to her.
According to the headnote, it was sent to someone he had long failed to visit, though not by choice. Like the opening poem, 891, and 908, it draws on the divers of the sea of Ise, so poems on the sea of Ise recur throughout the book.
The poet, Minamoto no Hideakira, was a son of Prince Tokiyo, and his mother was a daughter of Sugawara no Michizane. He rose to Middle Captain of the Left Inner Palace Guards.

The first line, "Ise no umi no," means "of the sea of Ise."
The second line, "ama no matekata," seems to mean the divers working with both hands unresting, "mate" referring to both hands.
The third line, "itoma nami," means "having no leisure," with "mi" a suffix of cause or reason.
The fourth line, "nagaraenikeru," means "I have lived on," passing the days without visiting her.
The last line, "mi o zo uramuru," means "I resent myself," with "uramuru" echoing "ura," a bay, in keeping with the sea of Ise. "Zo" is an emphatic binding particle closed by the attributive "uramuru."
Author: Minamoto no Hideakira
Source: Gosen Wakashu
Prev Poem: Shimo okanu haru yori nochi no nagame ni mo itsuka wa kimi ga yogare sezarishi
Next Poem: Au koto no katano e tote zo ware wa yuku mi o onaji na ni omoinashitsutsu