Omowamu to tanomeshi koto mo aru mono o naki na o tatete tada ni wasurene - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

思はむと頼めし事もあるものを
なき名を立ててただに忘れね

Roma-ji: Omowamu to tanomeshi koto mo aru mono o naki na o tatete tada ni wasurene
English Translation: "I'll love you always,"
so you led me to believe,
and yet you would
raise a rumor without ground—
then simply forget me
Meaning: You once made me trust that you would always love me—so go on, raise a groundless rumor and simply forget me.
Commentary: Book Ten Love Poems II 662

Headnote: "The man wrote that she now seemed to have someone else, so this was composed on the woman's behalf."
The poet says that, though he once made her trust in his lasting love, he may as well use a groundless rumor as a pretext and simply forget her. To a man who wrote that she seemed to have another lover, she replies with irony that it is just an excuse to break his promise.
According to the headnote, the man wrote that she now seemed to have someone else, so this was composed in the woman's place. The next poem, 663, is the man's reply. 665 in this book also opens with "omowan to tanomeshi," lamenting a promise that was broken.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Omowamu to," means "that you would always love me."
The second line, "tanomeshi koto mo," means "the promise you made me trust." "Tanomeshi" also appears in 618 and 665 in this book.
The third line, "aru mono o," means "though there was," and the poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "naki na o tatete," means "raising a groundless rumor." The next poem, 663, takes up this "naki na" to retort.
The last line, "tada ni wasurene," means "just forget me, then," with "ne" the imperative of the perfective auxiliary "nu."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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