Mono omou to yukite mo mineba takakata no ama no tomaya wa kuchi ya shinuran - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

物思ふと行きても見ねばたかかたの
海人の苫屋は朽ちやしぬらん

Roma-ji: Mono omou to yukite mo mineba takakata no ama no tomaya wa kuchi ya shinuran
English Translation: Lost in heavy thought,
I have not gone to see it,
so at Takakata
the fisher's hut of thatch, I fear,
may have rotted quite away
Meaning: Lost in grief, I have not gone to see it, so the fisherfolk's thatched hut at Takakata may well have rotted away by now.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems II 1193

Headnote: "I owned a charming house at a place called Takakata in Harima, but because I was in mourning for my mother in the capital, I had not gone there for a long time; I sent this to someone who was at Takakata."
The poet wonders whether the fisherfolk's thatched hut at Takakata has rotted away, since, lost in grief, the poet has not gone to see it. Likening the house in Harima, unvisited for long during mourning for a mother, to a humble seaside hut, the poet expresses concern for it in a poem sent to someone living there.
According to the headnote, the poet owned a charming house at a place called Takakata in Harima but, mourning a mother in the capital, had not gone there for a long time, and sent this to someone who was at Takakata.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Mono omou to," means "lost in brooding," with an extra syllable. It refers to the grief of mourning a mother.
The second line, "yukite mo mineba," means "since I have not gone to see."
The third line, "takakata no," means "of Takakata," a place in Harima.
The fourth line, "ama no tomaya wa," means "the fisherfolk's thatched hut," a humble figure for the poet's own house.
The last line, "kuchi ya shinuran," means "may it have rotted," with "ya" an interrogative binding particle closed by the attributive "ran."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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