Ishidatami arikeru mono o kimi ni mata shiku mono nashi to omoikeru kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

石畳ありけるものを君にまた
しくものなしと思ひけるかな

Roma-ji: Ishidatami arikeru mono o kimi ni mata shiku mono nashi to omoikeru kana
English Translation: Though there were also
the stone pavements laid out flat,
I had thought that there
was nothing else could be laid
beside you, none to match you
Meaning: There were stone pavements too, yet I had believed there was nothing else that could ever be laid down or compare with you.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 593

There were stone pavements as well, the poet says, yet he had thought nothing could match the other. Joining shiku, to lay down stones, with shiku, to equal, the poem playfully says that while he thought the other unsurpassed, there turned out to be other things to lay down after all.
A witty poem that praises the other while carrying a playful spirit.

First line, 'ishidatami', means stones laid flat side by side, a related word to shiku in the fourth line.
Second line, 'arikeru mono o', means though there were, the attributive of keri followed by the concessive mono o.
Third line, 'kimi ni mata', means to you, again.
Fourth line, 'shiku mono nashi to', is a pivot in which shiku means both laying stones and equaling, left in kana.
Final line, 'omoikeru kana', means so I had thought, the attributive of keri followed by the exclamatory kana. It is the same final line as poem 569 in this book.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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