Yo to tomo ni waga nureginu to naru mono wa waburu namida no kisuru narikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

世とともに我がぬれぎぬとなるものは
わぶる涙の着するなりけり

Roma-ji: Yo to tomo ni waga nureginu to naru mono wa waburu namida no kisuru narikeri
English Translation: What forever turns
into my robe of false blame,
my robe drenched through—
it is the tears of my distress
that clothe me in it, I see
Meaning: That which forever becomes my wet robe of false blame—it is the tears I weep in my distress that dress me in it.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems III 1202

Headnote: "At a time when groundless rumors had arisen."
The poet says that what forever becomes her "wet robe" is put on her by the tears she weeps in distress. Calling the groundless rumor a "nureginu," a wet robe, and overlaying it with a robe soaked in tears, she expresses her grief at a baseless reputation.
According to the headnote, it was composed when groundless rumors had arisen. Like the preceding poem, it laments an undeserved reputation.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.

The first line, "Yo to tomo ni," means "forever, without end."
The second line, "waga nureginu to," is a pivot word: "nureginu" means both a false charge and a robe wet with tears.
The third line, "naru mono wa," means "what becomes," whose true nature the following lines reveal.
The fourth line, "waburu namida no," means "the tears I weep in distress."
The last line, "kisuru narikeri," means "are what clothe me in it," using "kisu," to dress, an associated word with the robe, and "narikeri" for realization.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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