Kokoro naki waga mi naredomo Tsu no kuni no Naniwa no haru ni taezu mo aru kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

心なき我が身なれども津の国の
難波の春にたへずもあるかな

Roma-ji: Kokoro naki waga mi naredomo Tsu no kuni no Naniwa no haru ni taezu mo aru kana
English Translation: Though I am one
who has no feeling heart,
in the land of Tsu
the springtime of Naniwa
is more than I can bear
Meaning: Though I am someone without a feeling heart, the spring at Naniwa in the land of Tsu moves me more than I can bear.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 106

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as a spring poem when presenting a hundred-poem sequence"
Like the preceding poem, this was composed on "spring" for the hundred-poem sequence presented to Retired Emperor Sutoku. The poet says that although he has no heart to appreciate beauty, the spring scenery of Naniwa in the land of Tsu moves him beyond bearing. Drawing on Nōin's famous poem, it answers that even one without feeling is moved by the Naniwa spring that Nōin wished to show to "one with a feeling heart," thus praising its beauty.
The author, "Fujiwara no Suemichi Ason," was the son of Provisional Major Counselor Fujiwara no Munemichi and younger brother of Chancellor Fujiwara no Koremichi. He was also renowned as a master of the biwa and koto, and was one of the poets of Retired Emperor Sutoku's Kyūan Hundred-Poem Sequence.
Its foundation poem is Nōin's in the Goshūi Wakashū, "I would show it to one with a feeling heart: the spring scenery around Naniwa in the land of Tsu."

First line, "kokoro naki": "without a feeling heart." Against "one with a feeling heart" in the foundation poem, the poet humbly calls himself heartless.
Second line, "waga mi naredomo": "domo" is concessive, "though I am such a one."
Third line, "Tsu no kuni no": the province of Settsu, using the same line as the foundation poem.
Fourth line, "Naniwa no haru ni": Naniwa is a poetic place in Settsu, picking up "the spring scenery around Naniwa" in the foundation poem.
Fifth line, "taezu mo aru kana": "taezu" means unable to bear or contain one's feelings, and "kana" is exclamatory, showing that even a heartless man cannot hold back his emotion.
Author: Fujiwara no Suemichi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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