Ware naranu hito suminoe no kishi ni idete naniwa no kata o uramitsuru kana - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我ならぬ人すみの江の岸に出でて
難波のかたをうらみつるかな

Roma-ji: Ware naranu hito suminoe no kishi ni idete naniwa no kata o uramitsuru kana
English Translation: Another, not I,
has come to dwell, and I went out
on Suminoe's shore
to gaze over Naniwa's flats
and there I nursed my grief
Meaning: Since another man, not I, has come to live with you, I went out on the shore of Suminoe and, gazing toward the flats of Naniwa, nursed my bitterness.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1022

Headnote: "Sent when a woman to whom he had been writing letters went over to another man."
The poet says that since another, not he, has come to dwell with her, he went out on the shore of Suminoe and resented the direction of Naniwa. Stringing together the place names Suminoe and Naniwa in Settsu, and overlaying dwelling, tidal flats and gazing over the bay with his feelings, he voices his bitterness toward the woman who went to another.
According to the headnote, it was sent when a woman he had been writing to went over to another man. The next poem, 1023, was written when Minamoto no Hitoshi grew distant and a woman returned the flute he had left with her, so poems concerning the same man are placed together. 1064 in this book also speaks of the reeds of Naniwa.
The poet, listed as "Minamoto no Totonou," is Minamoto no Hitoshi. A great-grandson of Emperor Saga and a son of the Middle Counselor Minamoto no Mare, he rose to Imperial Adviser. His "asajiu no ono no shinohara shinoburedo" is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

The first line, "Ware naranu," means "one who is not I," pointing to the other man.
The second line, "hito suminoe no," means "someone dwells, Suminoe's," with "sumi" joining "to dwell" and the place name Suminoe.
The third line, "kishi ni idete," means "going out on the shore," running over to six syllables.
The fourth line, "naniwa no kata o," means "toward Naniwa," with "kata" joining direction and tidal flats.
The last line, "uramitsuru kana," means "how I resented," with "urami" joining gazing over the bay and resentment, associated with Suminoe, the shore and the flats.
Author: Minamoto no Hitoshi
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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