Kazu naranu mi wa kokoro dani nakaranan omoishirazu wa uramizarubeku - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

数ならぬ身は心だになからなん
思ひ知らずは怨みざるべく

Roma-ji: Kazu naranu mi wa kokoro dani nakaranan omoishirazu wa uramizarubeku
English Translation: For this worthless self,
if only it had no heart,
not even that much,
so that knowing nothing,
it would feel no resentment.
Meaning: For a self of no account like mine, I wish there were not even a heart, so that, knowing nothing, it would feel no resentment.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 984

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: for this insignificant self, I wish there were not even a heart, so that, knowing nothing, it would not resent. Lamenting that, though one is of no account, one suffers because one has a heart that feels the other's coldness, it wishes that there were no heart at all.

First line, "kazu naranu," means "not counted among others, of no account." It opens with the same words as the first line of 918 in Book Fourteen, "kazu naranu."
Second line, "mi wa kokoro dani," means "for this self, at least the heart," with "dani" expressing a minimal wish.
Third line, "nakaranan," means "I wish it were not," with "nan" a final particle wishing something of another. The poem breaks here.
Fourth line, "omoishirazu wa," means "if it did not know." It shares "omoishiru" with the fourth line of 933, "omoishirazu to," and the second line of 947, "omoishiru ya wa," in this book.
Final line, "uramizarubeku," means "so that it could not resent," with "beku" the continuative of "beshi" expressing possibility. By inversion it gives the purpose of the wish in the third line afterward.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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