Mi o shireba hito no toga ni wa omowanu ni uramigao ni mo nururu sode kana

身を知れば人のとがには思はぬに
恨み顔にも濡るる袖かな

Roma-ji: Mi o shireba hito no toga ni wa omowanu ni uramigao ni mo nururu sode kana
English Translation: Knowing what I am,
I do not think of it as
any fault of yours,
yet with a look of reproach
how my sleeves grow wet with tears!
Meaning: Knowing my station, I do not think of it as your fault, yet my sleeves grow wet with tears as though they wore a look of reproach.
Commentary: Love Poems 680

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love"
Knowing his own station well, the poet does not blame the beloved for his unrequited love. Yet his sleeves grow wet with tears as though wearing a look of resentment toward her. Personifying the sleeves, the poem shows tears revealing a resentment the heart does not intend.
Like 'my tears with a look of reproach' in 628 of this book, it gives a face to tears and sleeves.

First line, “mi o shireba”: since I know my station.
Second line, “hito no toga ni wa”: toga is a fault: as her fault.
Third line, “omowanu ni”: ni is concessive: though I do not think so.
Fourth line, “uramigao ni mo”: uramigao is a look of resentment, personifying the sleeves.
Fifth line, “nururu sode kana”: kana is exclamatory, lamenting the sleeves wet with tears.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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