Ika bakari kimi omowamashi michi ni irade tanomoshikaranu wakare nariseba

いかばかり君思はまし道に入らで
頼もしからぬ別れなりせば

Roma-ji: Ika bakari kimi omowamashi michi ni irade tanomoshikaranu wakare nariseba
English Translation: How much more would you
have grieved, had she not entered
the Buddhist Way, and
had this been a parting with
no hope for what lies beyond.
Meaning: How much more you would have grieved, had she not entered the Way, and had this been a parting with no hope beyond it.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 815

Headnote: "Condolences when the younger sister, who had likewise left the world and lived at Ōhara, passed away"
Jakuzen's younger sister, who like him had taken vows and lived at Ōhara, died, and the poet sent this in condolence. Had she not entered the Buddhist Way, and had this been a parting without hope of the life to come, how much more you would have grieved, he says, encouraging Jakuzen to take comfort in her having entered the Way.

First line, “ika bakari”: how much.
Second line, “kimi omowamashi”: mashi is counterfactual, how you would have grieved; the poem breaks here.
Third line, “michi ni irade”: michi is the Buddhist Way; de is negative; a line of six syllables.
Fourth line, “tanomoshikaranu”: without hope for the next life.
Fifth line, “wakare nariseba”: seba is a counterfactual condition, had it been such a parting, inverted to follow the second line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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