Suru sumi mo otsuru namida ni arawarete koishi to dani mo e koso kakarene - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

する墨も落つる涙にあらはれて
恋しとだにもえこそ書かれね

Roma-ji: Suru sumi mo otsuru namida ni arawarete koishi to dani mo e koso kakarene
English Translation: Even the ink I grind
by my falling tears is washed
and laid bare, so that
not even the words I love you
can I bring myself to write
Meaning: Even the ink I grind is washed away by my falling tears, so that I cannot write even the words I long for you.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 443

Even the ink the poet grinds to write a letter is washed away by falling tears, so that not even a single word of longing can be written. In the image of tears that keep the words from being written, the poem conveys the pain of a love that overflows.
Together with the next poem, 444, which sings that the heart can be held down but not the tears, the book continues with poems on tears that cannot keep feelings hidden.

First line, 'suru sumi mo', means even the ink I grind on the inkstone.
Second line, 'otsuru namida ni', means by the falling tears.
Third line, 'arawarete', is a pivot word in which arawarete means both the ink being washed away by tears and feelings coming to light, left in kana.
Fourth line, 'koishi to dani mo', means not even the words I long for you, the particle dani expressing the least of wishes.
Final line, 'e koso kakarene', means I cannot write, the adverb e paired with the negative to express impossibility. It closes with ne, the perfective form of the negative zu, in answer to the particle koso.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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