Kiku hito mo aware chō naru wakare ni wa itodo namida zo tsukisezarikeru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

聞く人もあはれてふなる別れには
いとど涙ぞ尽きせざりける

Roma-ji: Kiku hito mo aware chō naru wakare ni wa itodo namida zo tsukisezarikeru
English Translation: For a parting such
that even those who hear it
call it pitiful,
all the more my tears, it seems,
never come to an end
Meaning: For a parting that even those who only hear of it call pitiful, my tears, all the more, never come to an end.
Commentary: Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1395

Headnote: "Reply."
The poet says that for a parting even those who hear of it call pitiful, the tears never run out. Answering the preceding poem's thought that the tears may be spent, the poet replies that for a loss that moves even strangers, the tears far from running dry flow on all the more.
It is the reply to Ise's preceding poem.
The poet is anonymous and the name is not known.

The first line, "Kiku hito mo," means "even those who hear," taking up "hear" in the preceding poem.
The second line, "aware chō naru," means "who are said to call it pitiful," with "chō" a contraction of "to iu" and "naru" hearsay.
The third line, "wakare ni wa," means "for such a parting" in death.
The fourth line, "itodo namida zo," means "all the more my tears," with "zo" an emphatic binding particle.
The last line, "tsukisezarikeru," means "never come to an end," closing the "zo" with the attributive "keru." It answers "tsuki ya shinuran" in the preceding poem's last line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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