Nageki amari uki mi zo ima wa natsukashiki kimi yue mono o omou to omoeba - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

嘆きあまり憂き身ぞ今はなつかしき
君ゆゑ物を思ふと思へば

Roma-ji: Nageki amari uki mi zo ima wa natsukashiki kimi yue mono o omou to omoeba
English Translation: My grief overflowing,
even this wretched self
is now dear to me,
for it is because of you
I brood so, I think, and so
Meaning: My grief overflowing, now I find even this wretched self dear to me, when I think that it is for you I suffer so.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 867

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
My grief overflowing, he says, this wretched self is now dear to me, when I think it is for you that I brood. After grieving to the end over the pain of love, he finds that if the pain is for her sake, even his grieving self seems dear, and the poem expresses this twisted heart of love. It captures the movement of a heart that accepts its suffering as a bond with the beloved.
The author, "Fujiwara no Suemichi Ason," was the son of Provisional Major Counselor Fujiwara no Munemichi. He excelled at music on instruments such as the koto and biwa, and was also known as a poet.

First line, "nageki amari": "grief overflowing," "after grieving to the end."
Second line, "uki mi zo ima wa": "uki mi" is his wretched self, and "zo" an emphatic particle that binds with the attributive "natsukashiki" in the third line.
Third line, "natsukashiki": "natsukashi" means drawn to, dear. It concludes "zo," and the poem pauses here and stands in inverted order with the lower half.
Fourth line, "kimi yue mono o": "yue" marks cause, "because of you."
Fifth line, "omou to omoeba": "ba" gives a fixed condition, "since I think that I brood." Repeating "omou" and "omoe," it gives the reason for "natsukashiki" in the third line.
Author: Fujiwara no Suemichi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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