Kokoro o mo kimi o mo yado ni todomeokite namida to tomo ni izuru tabi kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

心をも君をも宿にとどめ置きて
涙とともに出づる旅かな

Roma-ji: Kokoro o mo kimi o mo yado ni todomeokite namida to tomo ni izuru tabi kana
English Translation: Both my heart and you
I leave behind at home,
keeping them there,
and set out on this journey
with tears as my only friend
Meaning: Leaving both my heart and you behind at home, I set out on this journey with only my tears for company.
Commentary: Book Seven Parting Poems 492

Headnote: "Composed on the theme of parting when composing a hundred-poem sequence"
Composed on the topic of parting for a hundred-poem sequence. Leaving both my heart and you behind at home, I set out on a journey with my tears, the poet says. From the side of the one departing, he expresses the loneliness of leaving everything dear at home and taking only tears as a companion on the road.
The author, "Bishop Kakuga," is said to have been the son of Minister of the Right Minamoto no Akifusa; a monk of the cloister period, he rose to the rank of bishop.

First line, "kokoro o mo": the parallel "mo" pairs with "kimi o mo" in the second line. Poem 489 of this book says heart and body are not separate, while this poem detaches the heart and leaves it at home, forming a contrast.
Second line, "kimi o mo yado ni": "you too, at home," the one the departing poet leaves behind.
Third line, "todomeokite": "leaving behind." The line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, "namida to tomo ni": "together with my tears," taking only tears as a companion. Poem 487 of this book also sings of tears that will not stop on a road where no one goes along, sharing the conceit of tears as a traveling companion.
Fifth line, "izuru tabi kana": the exclamatory "kana," "this journey on which I set out."
Author: Kakuga
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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