Mi ni masaru mono nakarikeri midorigo wa yaramu kata naku kanashikeredomo - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

身にまさるものなかりけりみどり子は
やらむ方なくかなしけれども

Roma-ji: Mi ni masaru mono nakarikeri midorigo wa yaramu kata naku kanashikeredomo
English Translation: Nothing can surpass
the worth of one's very self,
though the little child
is dear to me past all means
of easing the love I feel
Meaning: There is nothing dearer than one's own self, though my little child is so precious to me that I know no way to bear it.
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 611

Though the infant is unbearably dear, nothing after all is dearer than one's own self, the poet says. The poem frankly expresses a heart torn between love for the child and an inability to give up oneself, using a break after the second line and an inverted order.
Where the preceding poem, 610, is the lament of a child who has lost her parents, this poem speaks from the side of a parent thinking of a child, so the two together show the bond of parent and child from either side.

First line, 'mi ni masaru', means surpassing oneself, that is, more precious than one's own self.
Second line, 'mono nakarikeri', means there is nothing, closing with the exclamatory keri; the poem breaks after the second line, inverted with what follows.
Third line, 'midorigo wa', means the little child.
Fourth line, 'yaramu kata naku', means with no way to ease it, expressing a feeling past all bearing.
Final line, 'kanashikeredomo', means though dear, the adjective kanashi meaning beloved. Trailing off with the concessive domo, it turns back to the second line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
Prev Poem: Tamakushige kakego ni chiri mo suezarishi futaoya nagara naki mi to o shire
Next Poem: Nagarete mo ause arikeri namidagawa kienishi awa o nani ni tatoemu