Shinoburu mo ta ga yue naranu mono nareba ima wa nani ka wa kimi ni hedatemu - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

忍ぶるも誰ゆゑならぬものなれば
今は何かは君に隔てむ

Roma-ji: Shinoburu mo ta ga yue naranu mono nareba ima wa nani ka wa kimi ni hedatemu
English Translation: Even this hiding
is for no one's sake but yours,
and since this is so,
why should I now keep from you
any wall between our hearts?
Meaning: Even my hiding this love is for no one's sake but yours, so why now should I keep any distance from you?
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 624

Headnote: "Sent to a woman for the first time"
The poem says that since the poet's hiding of his love has been for her sake alone, why should he now keep any distance between them. The headnote shows it was the first poem sent to a woman. Confessing that all the feeling he has hidden from others was because of her, he means now to tell it without reserve. Like "shinoburedo" in 622, it sings of a hidden love, but here it turns to revealing that hidden heart to the beloved.
The author, Taira no Kinzane, was an official and poet of the mid-Heian period, of whose career little is known.

First line, "shinoburu mo," means "even my hiding," beginning with the same word "shinobu" as the first line of 622, "shinoburedo."
Second line, "ta ga yue naranu," means "for no one else's sake," that is, for none but the beloved.
Third line, "mono nareba," means "since it is so," with "ba" after the perfective form expressing cause.
Fourth line, "ima wa nani ka wa," means "why now," with the binding particle "ka wa" rhetorical and resolved by the attributive "mu" in the final line.
Final line, "kimi ni hedatemu," means "should I keep a wall from you? surely not," the rhetorical form showing the wish to open his heart without concealment.
Author: Taira no Kinzane
Source: Shui Wakashu
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