Nani to ko wa kazumaerarenu mi no hodo ni hito o uramuru kokoro nariken

何とこは数まへられぬ身のほどに
人を恨むる心なりけん

Roma-ji: Nani to ko wa kazumaerarenu mi no hodo ni hito o uramuru kokoro nariken
English Translation: What is this, indeed?
not counted among others,
humble as I am,
how did it become a heart
that resents the one I love?
Meaning: What can this be? How did I, too humble even to be counted among others, come to have a heart that resents you?
Commentary: Love Poems 673

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love"
Though he is of so humble a station that he is not even counted among others, the poet wonders how he has come to have a heart that resents the beloved. Aware of the difference in their stations, he contemplates the mystery of a love that cannot help resenting.
Following the preceding poem's resentment of the beloved's lack of kindness, this one reflects on the resenting heart itself, voicing as a question to himself the same idea as 'forgetting my station, resent her' in 590 of this book.

First line, “nani to ko wa”: ko wa is this: what is this? expressing surprise and wonder.
Second line, “kazumaerarenu”: kazumau is to count among others: not counted as anyone.
Third line, “mi no hodo ni”: though such is my station.
Fourth line, “hito o uramuru”: resenting her.
Fifth line, “kokoro nariken”: ken is conjecture about a past cause: how did it become such a heart? closing in wonder.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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