Tonikaku ni areba arikeru yo ni shi areba nashi tote mo naki yo o mo furu kamo

とにかくにあればありける世にしあれば
無しとても無き世をも経るかも

Roma-ji: Tonikaku ni areba arikeru yo ni shi areba nashi tote mo naki yo o mo furu kamo
English Translation: One way or the other,
since it is a world that goes on
while we have and are,
even having nothing,
in nothing we pass our days.
Meaning: Since, one way or another, this is a world that goes on as long as there is something, even those who have nothing pass their days in it with nothing.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 710

Headnote: "On seeing a destitute person making his way in the world"
Seeing a destitute person still making his way in the world, the poet reflects that since the world goes on as it is, those with nothing also live on with nothing, finding in the poor man's life the way one lives in an impermanent world.
The Ruijū text ends the headnote with "composed on seeing" and writes line 2 slightly differently. Part of line 2 is hard to read in the source as displayed and is here read areba arikeru.

Line 1 means "one way or another," the same opening as the next poem, 711.
Line 2 means "it is as it is, if there is," repeating ari.
Line 3 means "since it is such a world," the same as line 3 of the preceding poem.
Line 4 means "even having nothing, with nothing," paired with line 2.
Line 5 means "one passes through the world," kamo exclamatory.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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