Nagaki yo mo hito o tsurashi to omou ni wa nenaku ni akuru mono ni zo arikeru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

長き夜も人をつらしと思ふには
寝なくに明くる物にぞありける

Roma-ji: Nagaki yo mo hito o tsurashi to omou ni wa nenaku ni akuru mono ni zo arikeru
English Translation: Even the long night,
when I think that one is cruel
and resent them so,
comes to dawn before I sleep;
that is how it is, I find.
Meaning: Even a long night, when I spend it resenting that cruel person, turns to dawn before I have slept at all.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 799

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that even a long night, spent resenting a cold-hearted person, turns out to end in dawn before one has slept. It sings of the grief of realizing that, absorbed in resentment toward the lover, one has met the dawn without sleeping.

First line, "nagaki yo mo," means "even the long night." It shares the length of night with the fourth line of 778, "naganagashi yo o."
Second line, "hito o tsurashi to," means "that person is cruel." With the same phrasing as the fourth line of 797, "ame o tsurashi to," it moves from resenting the rain to resenting the person.
Third line, "omou ni wa," means "while thinking so."
Fourth line, "nenaku ni akuru," means "dawning while I have not slept," with "nakuni" negative.
Final line, "mono ni zo arikeru," means "so it is," concluding in "keru," the attributive form of "keri" expressing realization, in answer to "zo."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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