Idete inaba kokoro karushi to ii ya semu - Ise Monogatari(English Translation & Meaning)

出でて去なば心軽しといいやせむ
世のありさまを人は知らねば

Roma-ji: Idete inaba kokoro karushi to ii ya semu
yo no arisama o hito wa shiraneba
English Translation: If I go forth and leave,
they will say my heart is light—
so it may be said;
for people do not know
the way of this world between us.
Meaning: If I go forth and leave, they may say that my heart is light; for people do not know the way of this world between us.
Commentary: Episode Twenty-One: "If I go forth and leave"

There were a man and a woman who loved one another and had no thought of turning their hearts elsewhere, yet over some trifling matter their married life became burdensome.

This poem was written by the woman and left behind before she departed from her husband’s house.

The poem is also recorded in the Kokin Rokujō as a work of Ki no Tomonori, though its authenticity is uncertain, and it cannot be ruled out that it was composed by a man.
Source: Ise Monogatari
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