classic waka stream

世の中のうきはなべてもなかりけり
頼む限りぞ怨みられける
Roma-ji

Yo no naka no uki wa nabete mo nakarikeri tanomu kagiri zo uramirarekeru

English Translation
The griefs of this world
are not, I find, in all things
alike and the same—
it is only those I trust
whom I cannot help but blame
Meaning
I have found that the griefs of this world do not lie everywhere alike; it is only the ones I rely on that I cannot help resenting.
Commentary
Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1061

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the sorrows of the world are not found in everything alike, and only those one relies on are resented. One feels nothing toward those one does not trust, but it is precisely trust that breeds resentment; the poem names where love's bitterness lies.
Poems that reproach broken promises after giving hope, such as 1002 and 1003, are layered through this book, and this poem generalizes them, saying that resentment is born of reliance.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Yo no naka no," means "of this world."
The second line, "uki wa nabete mo," means "its griefs, in all alike," with "nabete" meaning uniformly.
The third line, "nakarikeri," means "are not, I find," with "keri" expressing the exclamation of a realization. The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "tanomu kagiri zo," means "only those I rely on," with "zo" an emphatic binding particle.
The last line, "uramirarekeru," means "I cannot help but resent," with "rare" a spontaneous auxiliary, closing the "zo" of the fourth line with the attributive "keru."
Author
Unknown Poet
Source
Gosen Wakashu
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