Ike ni sumu waga na o oshi no torikaesu mono ni mogana ya hito o uramiji - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

池に住む我が名ををしの取り返す
ものにもがなや人を恨みじ

Roma-ji: Ike ni sumu waga na o oshi no torikaesu mono ni mogana ya hito o uramiji
English Translation: Like the mandarin duck
living on the pond, my name,
so precious to me,
if only I could take it back,
I'd bear no grudge against you
Meaning: If only I could take back my precious name, like the mandarin duck that lives on the pond, then I would not resent you.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 391

If only the poet could take back the precious name lost to rumor through love, he would not resent the other. With oshi meaning both the mandarin duck living on the pond and holding one's name dear, the poem laments a reputation already spread abroad. The wording admits several readings.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Nobunori as the author and give the headnote 'Sent in resentment to someone.'

First line, 'ike ni sumu', means living on the pond, modifying oshi in the second line.
Second line, 'waga na o oshi no', is a pivot word in which oshi means both oshi, holding my name dear, and oshi, the mandarin duck, left in kana. Like 'mizutori' in poem 364 in this book, it sings of a water bird.
Third line, 'torikaesu', means to take back.
Fourth line, 'mono ni mogana ya', means if only it were something, the wishing particle mogana with the interjectory ya. The poem breaks after the fourth line.
Final line, 'hito o uramiji', means I would not resent you, using the negative volitional ji. Poems 392 and 395 in this book also sing of resentment.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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