Koishinamu mi koso omoeba oshikarane uki mo tsuraki mo hito no toga ka wa - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恋ひ死なむ身こそ思へば惜しからね
憂きもつらきも人のとがかは

Roma-ji: Koishinamu mi koso omoeba oshikarane uki mo tsuraki mo hito no toga ka wa
English Translation: This life, which I think
will die of love, is to me,
when I think, no loss;
is the sorrow and the pain
any fault of yours at all
Meaning: When I think of it, this body that will die of love is no loss to me; is my sorrow or pain any fault of yours? No.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 221

The poet says that a self destined to die of love is no great loss, and that love's pain is not the beloved's fault. The poem shows an overwrought heart that would take everything upon itself rather than blame the other.

The first line, "koishinamu" (that will die of love), uses the conjectural "mu."
The second line, "mi koso omoeba," singles out the self with the emphatic "koso."
The third line, "oshikarane," closes "koso" with the perfective negative "ne," a kakari-musubi with a break after the third line. Poem 224 of this book, with "uki mi sae koso oshimarure," sings of the same self as precious, forming a pair.
The fourth line, "uki mo tsuraki mo," sets love's sorrow beside the beloved's coldness.
The final line, "hito no toga ka wa," ends with the rhetorical "ka wa": is it her fault? Surely not. It also echoes "uki mi no toga" of poem 198 of this book.
Source: Shika Wakashu
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