Izukata ni yukikakurenan yo no naka ni mi no areba koso hito mo tsurakere - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづ方に行き隠れなん世の中に
身のあればこそ人もつらけれ

Roma-ji: Izukata ni yukikakurenan yo no naka ni mi no areba koso hito mo tsurakere
English Translation: Where then shall I go
and hide myself away?
Within this world
it is because I am here
that you too seem so cold.
Meaning: Where shall I go to hide myself away? It is only because I am here in this world that your coldness hurts me so.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 930

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: where shall I go and hide, for it is because I exist in this world that the other's coldness is so painful. Finding the root of love's pain in the very fact of one's own existence, it voices a deep lament that longs to vanish from the world.

First line, "izukata ni," means "in which direction, where."
Second line, "yukikakurenan," means "shall I go and hide away," with "na" the irrealis of the perfective "nu" and "n" volitional. The poem breaks here.
Third line, "yo no naka ni," means "in this world." Together with 931 and 933 that follow, it speaks of "yo no naka," and poems that view love's pain in relation to the world stand side by side.
Fourth line, "mi no areba koso," means "precisely because I exist," with the binding particle "koso" giving emphasis.
Final line, "hito mo tsurakere," means "the other too seems cold," closing with "tsurakere," the realis of the adjective "tsurashi," in answer to "koso" in the fourth line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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