Imasara ni tou beki hito mo omōezu yaemugura shite kado saseri te e - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

今更に訪ふべき人も思ほえず
八重むぐらして門させりてへ

Roma-ji: Imasara ni tou beki hito mo omōezu yaemugura shite kado saseri te e
English Translation: Now, so late, I know
of no one at all who would
ever come to call;
tell them that the creeping weeds
have grown and barred my gate.
Meaning: By now I can think of no one who would come to call; tell them that thick tangles of weeds have grown up and shut my gate.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 775

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that the poet can think of no one who would come to call by now, and asks that others be told the gate is shut fast by thick tangles of weeds. Making the dwelling no one visits a place barred by tangled weeds, it expresses the loneliness of one abandoned by a lover and a sulking resignation. It lays a love that has ended over the imagery of a ruined autumn dwelling.

First line, "imasara ni," means "now, so late."
Second line, "tou beki hito mo," means "anyone who would come to call."
Third line, "omōezu," means "I can think of none," and the poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "yaemugura shite," means "by thick tangles of weeds," expressing a ruined dwelling.
Final line, "kado saseri te e," means "say that the gate is shut," with "sa" meaning to bar, "ri" an auxiliary of continuing state, and "te e" a contraction of "to ie," say that.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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