Fujigoromo imi mo ya suru to tanabata ni kasanu ni tsukete nururu sode kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

藤衣忌みもやすると七夕に
貸さぬにつけて濡るる袖かな

Roma-ji: Fujigoromo imi mo ya suru to tanabata ni kasanu ni tsukete nururu sode kana
English Translation: Fearing that my robe
of mourning might be shunned
by the Weaver Maid,
I do not lend it, and so
my sleeves are wet with tears
Meaning: Fearing that my mourning robe might be thought ill-omened, I do not lend it to the Weaver Maid, and at that very thought my sleeves are wet with tears.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 160

Being in mourning, the poet does not lend a robe at Tanabata, fearing that mourning dress would be shunned, and that very thought brings the departed to mind and wets the sleeves with tears. The poem expresses the grief of one in mourning who cannot join in the bright festival custom.
Following poem 159, which hesitates to lend a mossy robe, this poem laments being unable to lend a mourning robe, and the two stand side by side on the custom of lending robes.
From poem 158 through poem 167 in this book come poems on Tanabata, singing of the yearly meeting of the Herdsman and the Weaver Maid, the custom of lending robes to the Weaver, and the tears of parting at dawn.

First line, 'fujigoromo', is a coarse robe woven from wisteria or vine fiber, here meaning mourning dress.
Second line, 'imi mo ya suru to', means thinking it might be shunned, with the questioning particle ya.
Third line, 'tanabata ni', means to the Weaver Maid of Tanabata.
Fourth line, 'kasanu ni tsukete', means at not lending it, showing that being unable to lend the robe is what deepens the grief.
Final line, 'nururu sode kana', means sleeves wet with tears, with the exclamatory kana. Poem 225 in this book ends with the same final line.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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