Nochi no yo o nageku namida to iinashite shibori ya semashi sumizome no sode - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

後の世を嘆く涙と言ひなして
しぼりやせまし墨染の袖

Roma-ji: Nochi no yo o nageku namida to iinashite shibori ya semashi sumizome no sode
English Translation: Saying they are tears
shed in grief for the world to come,
shall I wring them out,
calling them that, from these sleeves
dyed in the black of a monk?
Meaning: Shall I pass them off as tears of grief for the world to come, and wring them from these ink-black sleeves of a monk's robe?
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 1102

Headnote: "When the Lay Priest and Former Regent was Minister of the Right and had people compose hundred-poem sequences; on the idea of 'Hidden Love.'"
This is the first of two poems on "the next world." One who has taken vows wonders whether to wring out his black sleeves, passing off tears of love as tears of grief for the world to come. According to the headnote, it is a poem on the topic "Hidden Love" from the hundred-poem sequences the Lay Priest and Former Regent had people compose while he was Minister of the Right.
The author, "Shigeie, Senior Assistant Governor-General of Dazaifu," is Fujiwara no Shigeie. The son of Fujiwara no Akisuke, Master of the Western Capital Office, he served as senior assistant governor-general of Dazaifu and later took vows.
The "Lay Priest and Former Regent" of the headnote is Kujō Kanezane, who held a hundred-poem gathering when he was Minister of the Right.

The first line, "nochi no yo o," means "the world to come." The next poem also speaks of "nochi no yo made," and the two poems are joined by the same words.
The second line, "nageku namida to," means "as tears of grief for the world to come," disguising tears of love as those of one who has entered the Buddhist path.
The third line, "iinashite," means "pretending so on purpose."
The fourth line, "shibori ya semashi," means "shall I wring them out," the particle "ya" answered by the attributive of "mashi," an auxiliary of hesitation.
The last line, "sumizome no sode," is the black sleeve of a monk's robe, and the poem ends on a noun. The topic of hidden love is sung through the figure of a monk, whose device is to disguise the source of the tears wetting his black sleeves.
Author: Fujiwara no Shigeie
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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