Hito no yo no omoi ni kanau mono naraba waga mi wa kimi ni okuremashi ya wa - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人の世の思ひにかなふものならば
我が身は君に後れましやは

Roma-ji: Hito no yo no omoi ni kanau mono naraba waga mi wa kimi ni okuremashi ya wa
English Translation: If the life of man
were a thing that would accord
with our heart's desire,
would I ever have remained
behind you, left alone
Meaning: If human life went as we wished it, would I ever have been left behind by you?
Commentary: Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1398

Headnote: "Sent again."
The poet asks whether, if human life went as one wished, he would ever have been left behind by his lord. If life could be ordered at will, he says, he would never have outlived his sovereign, and so he sends again the grief of one left behind by the late emperor.
According to the headnote, he sent this to Fujiwara no Kanesuke following the preceding exchange. The "you" of the poem seems to be the late Emperor Daigo.
The poet, "the Sanjō Minister of the Right," is Fujiwara no Sadakata. A son of Fujiwara no Takafuji, he rose to Minister of the Right and was called the Sanjō Minister of the Right. His sister Inshi was the mother of Emperor Daigo, making him the emperor's uncle. The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu includes his poem "Na ni shi owaba Ausakayama no sanekazura."

The first line, "Hito no yo no," means "of human life."
The second line, "omoi ni kanau," means "going as we wish."
The third line, "mono naraba," means "if it were such a thing," with "ba" a supposition.
The fourth line, "waga mi wa kimi ni," means "I, by you," "you" apparently being the late emperor.
The last line, "okuremashi ya wa," means "would I have been left behind," with "mashi" counterfactual and "ya wa" rhetorical.
Author: Fujiwara no Sadakata
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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