Hitonami ni aranu waga mi wa naniwa naru ashi no ne nomi zo shita ni nakaruru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人浪にあらぬわが身は難波なる
葦のねのみぞ下になかるる

Roma-ji: Hitonami ni aranu waga mi wa naniwa naru ashi no ne nomi zo shita ni nakaruru
English Translation: Not as others are,
this self of mine, like the reeds
at Naniwa's shore,
can only weep in secret
like roots that run beneath
Meaning: I am not like other people, and like the reeds of Naniwa whose roots run hidden under the water, I can only weep in secret.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1064

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that, not being like others, he can only weep in secret, like the roots of the reeds at Naniwa. Unable to confess his love as others do, he likens himself to reed roots hidden beneath the water and speaks of the sorrow of weeping unseen.
1022 in this book also speaks of Naniwa, so love poems through the waterside of Naniwa are layered.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The author is given in the original as "yomibito mo," which, following the poems around it, is taken to mean "anonymous."

The first line, "Hitonami ni," means "like other people," with the character for "nami" letting the waves of Naniwa in the third line be heard.
The second line, "aranu waga mi wa," means "I who am not so."
The third line, "naniwa naru," means "at Naniwa" in Settsu.
The fourth line, "ashi no ne nomi zo," means "only the reed roots," with "ne" joining the roots of the reeds and the sound of weeping. "Zo" is an emphatic binding particle.
The last line, "shita ni nakaruru," means "flow beneath," with "nakaruru" joining flowing and weeping, closing the "zo" of the fourth line in the attributive form.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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