Mizu no omo ni furu shirayuki no kata mo naku kie ya shinamashi hito no tsurasa ni - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

水の面に降る白雪のかたもなく
消えやしなまし人のつらさに

Roma-ji: Mizu no omo ni furu shirayuki no kata mo naku kie ya shinamashi hito no tsurasa ni
English Translation: Like the white snow
falling on the water's face
without a trace,
should I simply fade away
at the coldness of your heart
Meaning: Like white snow falling onto the water and vanishing without a trace, should I just fade away, for the coldness of your heart?
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 452

As white snow falling on the water vanishes without a trace, the poet wonders whether she too should simply fade away, unable to bear the other's coldness. In snow that disappears as soon as it falls, she overlays the wish to vanish from love's pain.

First line, 'mizu no omo ni', means onto the face of the water. The upper two lines form a preface leading to kata mo naku in the third line.
Second line, 'furu shirayuki no', means like the white snow that falls, vanishing the moment it touches the water.
Third line, 'kata mo naku', means without a trace.
Fourth line, 'kie ya shinamashi', means should I fade away, using the particle ya, na, the irrealis of the perfective nu, and mashi expressing a hesitant intention. The poem breaks after the fourth line.
Final line, 'hito no tsurasa ni', means because of your coldness, giving by inversion the reason for fading in the fourth line.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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