Kono ie wa uru ka irite mo mite shi gana aruji nagara mo kawan to zo omou - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

この家はうるかいりても見てしがな
主ながらも買はんとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Kono ie wa uru ka irite mo mite shi gana aruji nagara mo kawan to zo omou
English Translation: This house, will they sell?
I would like to go inside
and have a look round;
I am thinking I would buy it
with its master thrown in too.
Meaning: Is this house for sale? I would like to go inside and see it; I am thinking I would buy it, master and all.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 412

Headnote: "Urukairi (roasted sweetfish innards)"
The poet jests, asking whether the house is for sale, wishing to go inside and see it, and saying he would buy it, master and all. Expressing his fondness for the master of the house through the exaggeration of buying it along with him, the poem hides the name "urukairi" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "uru ka irite" in the second line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Shigeyuki, is Minamoto no Shigeyuki. Of the Seiwa Genji, he traveled through the provinces holding successive provincial posts and is said to have died in Mutsu. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "kono ie wa," means "this house."
Second line, "uru ka irite mo," means "will they sell it, even going inside," hiding the name "urukairi." Following the wrapped fish of the preceding poem, the name of a dish is sung of.
Third line, "mite shi gana," means "I would like to see it," with "te shi gana" expressing a wish. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "aruji nagara mo," means "master and all."
Final line, "kawan to zo omou," means "I think I will buy it," with "zo" resolved by the attributive "omou." "Uru" (sell) in the second line and "kau" (buy) form a pair.
Author: Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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