Konu ka na to shibashi wa hito ni omowasemu awade kaerishi yoi no netasa ni - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

来ぬかなとしばしは人に思はせむ
逢はで帰りし宵のねたさに

Roma-ji: Konu ka na to shibashi wa hito ni omowasemu awade kaerishi yoi no netasa ni
English Translation: "Will he never come?"
so, for a while, I will make
her wonder and wait,
for the spite of that evening
when I went home unmet.
Meaning: For a while I will make her wonder whether I will ever come, to repay the vexation of that evening when I went home without seeing her.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 747

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that for a while the poet will make the beloved wonder whether he will ever come, out of vexation at the evening he went home without seeing her. It frankly expresses the sulking heart of a man who, having gone to visit and been refused, means to repay her by holding back his visits and making her wait.

First line, "konu ka na to," means "will he not come."
Second line, "shibashi wa hito ni," means "for a while, her."
Third line, "omowasemu," means "I will make her think," with "se" causative and "mu" an auxiliary of intention. The poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "awade kaerishi," means "when I went home without meeting," with "de" a negative conjunctive particle.
Final line, "yoi no netasa ni," means "for the vexation of that evening," giving in inverted order the reason for the third line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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