Asu shiranu waga mi nari tomo urami okamu kono yo nite nomi yamaji to omoeba - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

明日知らぬ我が身なりとも恨みおかむ
この世にてのみやまじと思へば

Roma-ji: Asu shiranu waga mi nari tomo urami okamu kono yo nite nomi yamaji to omoeba
English Translation: Though I cannot know
if I will live to see tomorrow,
I'll leave my reproach,
for I think this love of mine
will not end in this world alone.
Meaning: Though I do not know whether I shall live to see tomorrow, I will leave behind my reproach, for I think this love will not end in this world alone.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 755

Headnote: "When a woman he was courting, it being the day of the summer solstice in the fifth month, let down her guard without suspicion and talked with him, and they became intimate, she grieved bitterly, resented it, and afterward said she would never meet him again"
The poem says that though the poet does not know whether he will live to see tomorrow, he will leave behind his reproach, for he thinks this love will not end in this world alone. According to the headnote, a woman he was courting, it being the day of the summer solstice in the fifth month, let down her guard and talked with him without suspicion, and they became intimate; she grieved bitterly and resented it, and later said she would never meet him again, whereupon he composed this poem. Refused further meetings, the man presses in the form of reproach the depth of a love that will continue even into the next life.
The author, written as "Yoshinobu," is Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu. He served as chief priest of the Ise Shrine and, as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, took part in compiling the Gosenshū. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "asu shiranu," means "not knowing tomorrow," speaking of the uncertainty of life.
Second line, "waga mi nari tomo," means "even though I am one," with "tomo" a concessive supposition.
Third line, "urami okamu," means "I will leave my reproach," with "mu" an auxiliary of intention. The poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "kono yo nite nomi," means "in this world alone," suggesting that it will continue into the next.
Final line, "yamaji to omoeba," means "since I think it will not end," with "ji" an auxiliary of negative conjecture. It gives in inverted order the reason for the third line.
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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