Uchitaete kimi ni au hito ika nare ya waga mi mo onaji yo ni koso wa fure

うち絶えて君に逢ふ人いかなれや
我が身も同じ世にこそは経れ

Roma-ji: Uchitaete kimi ni au hito ika nare ya waga mi mo onaji yo ni koso wa fure
English Translation: The one who meets you,
cutting off all other ties,
what sort of one is that?
For I too live on as well
in this very same world.
Meaning: What sort of person is it who meets you, having cut off all other ties? I too live in this same world.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1347

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
What kind of person is the one who meets you, having cut off all other ties? the poet asks; I too live in the same world.
Envying a rival who can meet the beloved, he laments that, living in the same world, he alone cannot. A feeling mixed with jealousy and a sense of unfairness comes through.

First line, “uchitaete”: wholly cut off, severing other ties.
Second line, “kimi ni au hito”: the one who meets you.
Third line, “ika nare ya”: ya questions, "what sort is he?"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “waga mi mo onaji”: I too, the same.
Fifth line, “yo ni koso wa fure”: koso is answered by the realis fure, "I live in the world," with a concessive sense.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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