Ware hitori omou wa omou kai mo nashi onaji kokoro ni kimi mo aranan - Izumi Shikibu Nikki(English Translation & Meaning)

われひとりおもふは思かひもなし
おなし心に君もあらなん

Roma-ji: Ware hitori omou wa omou kai mo nashi onaji kokoro ni kimi mo aranan
English Translation: If I alone love,
all my loving is in vain,
there's no use in it;
I would have you, too, be one
whose heart is just like mine
Meaning: If I alone am the one who loves, there is no point in loving; I want you to share the very same heart.
Commentary: 38 Of One Heart

The day after their exchange about the sadness of evening, early in the morning, the frost lay very white. A letter came from the prince: "Well, how are you at this hour this morning?"
The woman is Izumi Shikibu, daughter of Ōe no Masamune and, as the wife of Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, mother of Koshikibu no Naishi. The Prince of the Dazaifu is Prince Atsumichi, fourth son of Emperor Reizei, so called because he served as Governor-General of the Dazaifu.
After they had exchanged poems that frosty morning, such as "Okinagara akaseru shimo no ashita koso masareru mono wa yo ni nakarikere," the prince, writing at length of tender things as usual, sent this poem.
Izumi Shikibu replied with "Kimi wa kimi ware wa ware tomo hedatereba kokorogokoro ni aran mono ka wa."

The opening lines mean "if I alone love, there is in loving," repeating the verb "to love" to stress the futility of a feeling that flows only one way. The third line means "no use."
The lower verses mean "I wish you too would be of the same heart," ending in a particle of wish directed at another. To the woman who would not make up her mind to come to his residence, he pleads frankly that it is pointless for him alone to love, and that he wants her to feel as he does.
Author: Prince Atsumichi
Source: Izumi Shikibu Nikki
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