Na ni shi owaba ada ni zo omou Tawarejima nami no nureginu iku yo kitsuran - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

名にし負はばあだにぞ思ふたはれ島
波のぬれぎぬいく夜着つらん

Roma-ji: Na ni shi owaba ada ni zo omou Tawarejima nami no nureginu iku yo kitsuran
English Translation: If you bear that name,
I think you wanton indeed,
Tawarejima—
yet how many nights have you worn
the wet robe of the waves' false charge
Meaning: If you live up to your name, I would think you fickle, O Tawarejima, Isle of Dalliance—yet how many nights have you worn the waves' wet robe, a false charge laid upon you?
Commentary: Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1351

Headnote: "On seeing Tawarejima."
The poet says that if the island lives up to its name it must be fickle, yet wonders how many nights Tawarejima has worn the wet robe of the waves. Seeing an island whose name suggests "tawareru," to dally, the poet first calls it wanton, then playfully reflects that it must have endured countless nights of a false charge, ever drenched by waves.
According to the headnote, it was composed on seeing Tawarejima. The same poem appears in episode 61 of the Tales of Ise, as an event in Tsukushi.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.

The first line, "Na ni shi owaba," means "if you bear that name," with "shi" emphatic and an extra syllable.
The second line, "ada ni zo omou," means "I think you wanton," with "zo" closed by the attributive "omou." The poem pauses here.
The third line, "Tawarejima," is an island in Higo whose name suggests "tawareru," to dally.
The fourth line, "nami no nureginu," is a pivot word on "nureginu," both a robe wet with waves and a false charge.
The last line, "iku yo kitsuran," means "how many nights have you worn it," with "ran" a questioning conjecture. "Wear" is an associated word with "nureginu."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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