Kakarikeru namida to hito mo miru bakari shiboraji sode yo kuchihatene tada - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

かかりける涙と人も見るばかり
しぼらじ袖よ朽ち果てねただ

Roma-ji: Kakarikeru namida to hito mo miru bakari shiboraji sode yo kuchihatene tada
English Translation: So that she may see
that such indeed were my tears,
I will not wring you,
my sleeve, do not stay dry for me:
just rot away entirely
Meaning: Until she too can see that these were the tears I shed, I will not wring you out, my sleeve. Rot away, then, and be done.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 707

Headnote: "Composed when the men were composing love poems while Retired Emperor Shirakawa was residing at the Sanjō Palace"
Composed when the men were composing love poems while Retired Emperor Shirakawa was residing at the Sanjō Palace. Until she too can see that such were my tears, he says, I will not wring you, sleeve; just rot away. By letting his tear-soaked sleeve rot unwrung, he seeks to show her the depth of his love in visible form, a poem of fierce passion.
The author, "Former Middle Counselor Masakane," is Minamoto no Masakane. The son of Minister of the Right Minamoto no Akifusa, he rose to Provisional Middle Counselor.
Poem 761 of this book opens with the same first line, "kakarikeru."
The fourth line of the main text reads "shiharashi," which does not match "shihorashi" in the line of kana readings. Since "shiharashi" makes no sense, the "ha" of the main text is taken as a copying error for "ho," and the line is read here as "shiboraji," following the kana readings.

First line, "kakarikeru": "such as this," modifying "namida" in the second line, "such were my tears." Poem 761 of this book opens with the same line.
Second line, "namida to hito mo": "hito" is the beloved, "that she too may know these were such tears."
Third line, "miru bakari": "bakari" expresses degree, "so much that she can see it."
Fourth line, "shiboraji sode yo": "ji" is the negative volitional, "I will not wring," and "sode yo" calls to the sleeve. The poem pauses here.
Fifth line, "kuchihatene tada": "ne" is the imperative of the perfective "nu," "rot away entirely." "Tada," "just, simply," is placed at the very end by inversion, heightening the force of feeling.
Author: Minamoto no Masakane
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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