Oshikaranu inochi zo sara ni oshimaruru kimi ga miyako ni kaerikuru made - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

惜しからぬ命ぞさらに惜しまるる
君が都に帰り来るまで

Roma-ji: Oshikaranu inochi zo sara ni oshimaruru kimi ga miyako ni kaerikuru made
English Translation: This life of mine,
not worth the keeping, now
seems dear all the more,
until the day that you
return to the capital
Meaning: This life of mine, which I never thought worth keeping, now seems all the more precious, until you come back to the capital.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1132

Headnote: "Sent along with Bōkaku, who was entering the mountains from the direction of Kumano, when the Former Archbishop Kakuchū had gone from Mitake into Ōmine and was staying about fifty days at a place called Jinsen to copy the Lotus Sutra in gold and bury it"
Kakuchū had gone from Mitake into the Ōmine range and was staying some fifty days at a place called Jinsen to copy the Lotus Sutra in gold ink and bury it, and this poem was sent with Bōkaku, who was entering the mountains from Kumano. This life not worth keeping now seems dearer still, until you return to the capital, he says. To an old man, life had not seemed worth clinging to, but he cannot die until he sees Kakuchū, who has entered severe practice deep in the mountains, safely back in the capital, and he fills the poem with concern for his friend.
The author, "Former Major Counselor Narimichi," is Fujiwara no Narimichi. A son of Provisional Major Counselor Fujiwara no Munemichi, he rose to major counselor. He was renowned as a master of kemari football.
The next poem, 1133, is Kakuchū's reply to this one.

First line, "oshikaranu": "not worth the keeping."
Second line, "inochi zo sara ni": "zo" is an emphatic binding particle closing with "oshimaruru" in the third line, and "sara ni" means "all the more."
Third line, "oshimaruru": "ruru" is the attributive of the spontaneous auxiliary "ru," "it comes to seem precious." It closes the binding, and the poem pauses here, contrasting with "oshikaranu" in the first line.
Fourth line, "kimi ga miyako ni": "you, to the capital." It shares "kimi ga" with "kimi ga tou ni ya" in the fourth line of the next poem, 1133.
Fifth line, "kaerikuru made": "until you return," and through inversion it returns to the third line.
Author: Fujiwara no Narimichi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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