Mi no usa mo tou hitokoto ni sekaretsutsu kokorozukushi no michi wa tomarinu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

身の憂さも問ふ一言に塞かれつつ
こころつくしの道はとまりぬ

Roma-ji: Mi no usa mo tou hitokoto ni sekaretsutsu kokorozukushi no michi wa tomarinu
English Translation: Even my sorrows
were held back by the one word
that you asked of me,
and the road of heart's distress
to far Tsukushi has stopped
Meaning: Even the grief of my lot was held back by the single kind word you sent, and my journey to Tsukushi, that road of a troubled heart, has been called off.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 572

Even her own sorrow, the poet says, was held back by the single word of sympathy sent to her, and the troubled journey to Tsukushi has been called off. Her joy and gratitude that a trip down to Tsukushi was cancelled thanks to someone's kind word are expressed through the pivot between kokorozukushi, a heart worn with care, and Tsukushi.
The author, Kodaishin of the Hanazono Minister of the Left's Household, was a lady-in-waiting in the household of the Hanazono Minister of the Left, Minamoto no Arihito. She is said to have been a daughter of Sugawara no Arikata.

First line, 'mi no usa mo', means even the sorrow of my lot.
Second line, 'tou hitokoto ni', means by the single word you asked, tou meaning to visit or inquire after.
Third line, 'sekaretsutsu', means being held back, the passive ru followed by tsutsu.
Fourth line, 'kokorozukushi no', is a pivot in which kokorozukushi means both a heart worn with care and the place Tsukushi, left in kana.
Final line, 'michi wa tomarinu', means the journey has been stopped, closing decisively with the perfective nu. It is tied to sekare, held back, in the third line.
Author: Hanazono no Sadaijin-ke no Kodaishin
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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