Tsurashi to ya iihatete mashi shiratsuyu no hito ni kokoro wa okaji to omou o - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

つらしとや言ひ果ててまし白露の
人に心はおかじと思ふを

Roma-ji: Tsurashi to ya iihatete mashi shiratsuyu no hito ni kokoro wa okaji to omou o
English Translation: Shall I say it out,
once and for all, you are cruel?
As the white dew lies,
I had meant that in my heart
no distance would lie toward you
Meaning: Shall I say it outright, once and for all, that you are cruel? And yet, as white dew settles, I had meant never to let any distance settle in my heart toward you.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems V 893

Headnote: "To someone who seemed cold."
The poet wonders whether to declare outright that the other is cruel, though she had resolved never to set any distance in her heart toward that person. The poem sways between the wish to reproach a cold lover and the wish, even so, not to grow distant.
According to the headnote, it was sent to someone who seemed cold. The next poem, 894, also uses the word dew, so two poems on dew follow one another.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Tsurashi to ya," means "that you are cruel," with "ya" an interrogative binding particle.
The second line, "iihatete mashi," means "shall I say it once and for all," with "mashi" expressing hesitation and closing the "ya." The poem pauses here.
The third line, "shiratsuyu no," means "as white dew settles," leading to "oku," to settle, and reaching "okaji" below.
The fourth line, "hito ni kokoro wa," means "my heart toward that person."
The last line, "okaji to omou o," means "though I meant not to set it," with "okaji" joining dew that settles and distance set in the heart. "O" is an adversative conjunctive particle.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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