Warekara to mo ni sumu mushi no na ni shi oeba hito o ba sara ni urami ya wa suru

我からと藻に住む虫の名にし負へば
人をばさらに恨みやはする

Roma-ji: Warekara to mo ni sumu mushi no na ni shi oeba hito o ba sara ni urami ya wa suru
English Translation: 'Of myself,' it's called,
the creature that lives in seaweed,
bearing such a name—
so how could I ever come
to hold a grudge against her?
Meaning: Since I bear the name of the little creature living in seaweed, warekara, "through my own fault," how could I ever resent her?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1336

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
True to the name of the warekara, the creature living in seaweed, love's pain comes "from myself," so I bear her no resentment at all, the poet says.
It draws on the Kokinshū poem "Ama no karu mo ni sumu mushi no warekara to ne o koso nakame yo o ba uramiji." The warekara is a tiny crustacean living in seaweed, its name pivoting on ware kara, "from oneself." Like 1327, it places the cause of suffering in oneself.

First line, “warekara to”: warekara pivots on the creature's name and "from myself."
Second line, “mo ni sumu mushi no”: of the creature living in seaweed, from the source poem.
Third line, “na ni shi oeba”: shi is emphatic, "since I bear the name"; the line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “hito o ba sara ni”: sara ni means "not at all."
Fifth line, “urami ya wa suru”: ya wa is rhetorical, "would I resent her? No."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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