Izuku o mo yogaruru koto no warinaki ni futatsu ni wakuru waga mi tomo gana - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづくをも夜離るることのわりなきに
二つに分くる我が身ともがな

Roma-ji: Izuku o mo yogaruru koto no warinaki ni futatsu ni wakuru waga mi tomo gana
English Translation: Since it is so hard
to leave any one of them
without me by night,
if only I had a self
that could be divided in two
Meaning: It is so hard to fail any one of them on any night that I wish my body could be split in two.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 245

A man visiting two women finds it painful to neglect either one on any night and wishes he could divide himself in two. The poem expresses the bind of divided love through a bold, humorous wish.

The first line, "izuku o mo" (any of them), shows that he has more than one place to visit.
The second line, "yogaruru koto no," uses "yogaru," a man ceasing his nightly visits to a woman, for the nights when one must be left alone.
The third line, "warinaki ni" (since it is unbearable), gives the reason.
The fourth line, "futatsu ni wakuru" (divided in two), states what he wishes for.
The final line, "waga mi tomo gana," ends with the wishful "mo gana": if only I had such a self. Poem 255 of this book also ends in "tomo gana," voicing a wish that cannot be granted.
Source: Shika Wakashu
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