Hito shirenu koi o shi Suma no urabito wa nakishiotarete sugusu narikeri - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人知れぬ恋をしすまの浦人は
泣きしほたれて過ぐすなりけり

Roma-ji: Hito shirenu koi o shi Suma no urabito wa nakishiotarete sugusu narikeri
English Translation: Those who in secret
love, like the folk who dwell on
the shore of Suma,
weeping, drenched as if with brine,
must pass their days, so it seems
Meaning: One who loves in secret, like the fisherfolk of Suma Bay, spends the days weeping, drenched as if with brine.
Commentary: Book Eleven Variant Poems 694

One who loves in secret, like the fisherfolk of Suma Bay who live wet with brine, spends the days weeping and drenched. In the figure of those living on the shore of Suma, the poet overlays his own tears over a hidden love.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 429 in Book Eight. Poem 357 in Book Seven is also a love poem on Suma Bay.
The author, Morotoki, is Minamoto no Morotoki, a son of the Minister of the Left Minamoto no Toshifusa, who became Provisional Middle Counselor. He left the diary Chōshūki.

First line, 'hito shirenu', means unknown to others.
Second line, 'koi o shi Suma no', joins su, to do, as in to love, with Suma, a famous place in Settsu. The particle shi adds emphasis.
Third line, 'urabito wa', means the people of the shore, overlaid with the poet in love. Suma Bay also appears in the second line of 357 in Book Seven.
Fourth line, 'nakishiotarete', means weeping and drenched, laying shiotaru, dripping with brine, upon being wet with tears.
Final line, 'sugusu narikeri', means they spend their days, the copula nari followed by the exclamatory keri. Shore and dripping brine are associated words.
Author: Minamoto no Morotoki
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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