Asamashi ya kimi ni kisu beki sumizome no koromo no sode o waga nurasu kana - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あさましや君に着すべき墨染の
衣の袖を我が濡らすかな

Roma-ji: Asamashi ya kimi ni kisu beki sumizome no koromo no sode o waga nurasu kana
English Translation: How cruel it is —
the sleeves of the ink-black robes
of mourning that should
have clothed you for my sake
are wet now with my own tears
Meaning: How cruel! The sleeves of the black mourning robe that you should have worn for me are the ones I now soak with my tears.
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 401

The poet laments that the black mourning robe the other should have worn for him, who ought to have died first, is instead worn by him for the other, its sleeves soaked with tears. It seems to grieve a death in reversed order, of one outlived by someone younger.

The first line, "asamashi ya," adds the interjectory "ya" to the adjective "asamashi," lamenting an unexpected turn, with a break after the first line.
The second line, "kimi ni kisu beki," combines "kisu" (to clothe) and the attributive "beki": that should have clothed you.
The third line, "sumizome no," names the ink-black color of mourning.
The fourth line, "koromo no sode o," refers to the sleeves of the mourning robe.
The final line, "waga nurasu kana," ends with the exclamatory "kana": it is I who wet them with tears.
Author: Minamoto no Akinaka
Source: Shika Wakashu
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