Nochi no yo to chigirishi hito mo naki mono o shinabaya to nomi iu zo hakanaki - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

後の世と契りし人もなきものを
死なばやとのみ言ふぞはかなき

Roma-ji: Nochi no yo to chigirishi hito mo naki mono o shinabaya to nomi iu zo hakanaki
English Translation: Though there's no one
who promised me the next life
together with me,
I speak only of wanting to die,
and how empty that is
Meaning: Though there is no one who has promised to share the next life with me, I keep saying only that I want to die, and how empty it is.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 400

Though no one has promised to be with him in the next life, the poet keeps saying he wants to die from the pain of love, and reflects that this is empty. A heart driven to extremes by love and a heart that looks on it coolly cross one another.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Narimichi as the author and give the headnote 'Composed as a love poem.'
Poem 403 in this book also joins pledges and death.

First line, 'nochi no yo to', means for the next life.
Second line, 'chigirishi hito mo', means anyone who promised, using the attributive of the past ki. Like the second line 'kakete chigirishi' of poem 403 in this book, it sings of a pledge.
Third line, 'naki mono o', means though there is none, using the concessive mono o.
Fourth line, 'shinabaya to nomi', means only that I want to die, using the wishing particle baya.
Final line, 'iu zo hakanaki', means saying so is empty, the particle zo binding with the attributive hakanaki.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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