Kakarikeru namida ni shizumu mi no usa o kimi narade mata tare ka ukaben

かかりける涙に沈む身の憂さを
君ならで又誰か浮かべん

Roma-ji: Kakarikeru namida ni shizumu mi no usa o kimi narade mata tare ka ukaben
English Translation: This sorrow of mine,
sunk deep in floods of tears
that fall just like this—
if not you, then who else
could ever bring it up to float?
Meaning: Who else but you could lift up and set afloat this sorrowful self of mine, sunk so deep in tears?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1139

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Again, the lady-in-waiting sent this"
Sent with the preceding poem by the lady in Sanuki. Who but you could lift up this self of mine, sunk in tears? she writes, repeating her plea to Saigyō.
Using the contrast of sinking and floating, she expresses an earnest wish to be raised from a sea of tears. Ukabu, "to float," carries both deliverance from suffering and attaining Buddhahood. Saigyō's reply in 1141 answers it.

First line, “kakarikeru”: being thus, her present sad state.
Second line, “namida ni shizumu”: sinking in tears, sunk in grief.
Third line, “mi no usa o”: the misery of myself.
Fourth line, “kimi narade mata”: if not you, who else.
Fifth line, “tare ka ukaben”: ka is rhetorical, answered by the attributive n, "who would lift it up?"; ukabu, the opposite of sinking, implies being saved.
Source: Sankashu
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