Hitori kite waga mi ni matou karakoromo shioshio to koso nakinurasarure

ひとりきて我が身にまとふ唐衣
しほしほとこそ泣き濡らさるれ

Roma-ji: Hitori kite waga mi ni matou karakoromo shioshio to koso nakinurasarure
English Translation: Wearing it alone,
the Chinese robe that I wrap
around this self of mine—
how drenched and limp it becomes,
soaked through with all my weeping.
Meaning: The fine robe I wear alone, wrapped around me, becomes limp and drenched with my weeping.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1328

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
The fine robe he wears alone, wrapped about him, grows limp and soaked with his tears, the poet says.
It sings of the dreariness of wearing alone the robes meant to be layered in shared sleep, and the tears that wet them. Hitori kite pivots on kite, "wearing," and kite, "coming," showing the loneliness of sleeping alone with no visitor.

First line, “hitori kite”: kite pivots on "wearing" a robe and a person "coming."
Second line, “waga mi ni matou”: wrapped around me.
Third line, “karakoromo”: a fine robe, associated with "wearing."
Fourth line, “shioshio to koso”: shioshio is drooping wet with tears; koso is answered by the realis rure.
Fifth line, “nakinurasarure”: being soaked with weeping.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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