Kesa wa shimo nageki mo suran itazura ni haru no yo hitoyo yume o dani mide - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

今朝はしも嘆きもすらんいたづらに
春の夜一夜夢をだに見で

Roma-ji: Kesa wa shimo nageki mo suran itazura ni haru no yo hitoyo yume o dani mide
English Translation: This morning, indeed,
you must be grieving, having
spent in emptiness
a whole spring night through
without even seeing a dream
Meaning: This morning, surely, you must be grieving—having spent a whole spring night in vain, without even a dream.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 1178

Headnote: "When someone who had spent the whole night talking with her in the Third Month and gone home sent word that this morning he was more lost in thought than ever."
This is the second poem of the sequence on the feelings of the morning after. This morning, surely, he must be grieving, having spent a whole spring night in vain without even a dream. According to the headnote, it answers a man who had talked with her all night in the Third Month and then sent word that he was more lost in thought than ever.
The author, "Izumi Shikibu," was a daughter of Ōe no Masamune, Governor of Echizen. She was called by this name because she married Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, and she later served Shōshi, Empress to Emperor Ichijō.

The first line, "kesa wa shimo," means "this morning, indeed." "Shimo" is an emphatic particle, taking up "kesa wa itodo," "this morning more than ever," from his letter.
The second line, "nageki mo suran," means "you must be grieving," with a pause after the second line. She receives his complaint of being lost in thought in the form of a conjecture.
The third line, "itazura ni," means "in vain," referring to a night spent only talking, without lying together.
The fourth line, "haru no yo hitoyo," means "a whole spring night." Like the preceding poem it speaks of a "spring night"; where that poem lamented the dream of a short spring night, this one speaks of a night in which not even that dream was seen.
The last line, "yume o dani mide," means "without even seeing a dream." A night of talk without sleep is expressed as a night without even a dream. The third and last lines give the reason for the second line in inverted order, making a reply that lightly teases his lament.
Author: Izumi Shikibu
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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