Ukarikeru fushi o ba sutete shiraito no ima kuru hito to omoinasanan - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

憂かりけるふしをば捨てて白糸の
今くる人と思ひなさなん

Roma-ji: Ukarikeru fushi o ba sutete shiraito no ima kuru hito to omoinasanan
English Translation: The painful knots of times
that were bitter, cast them off,
and as white thread is reeled,
think of me as one who comes
now to you for the first time.
Meaning: Cast off the bitter knots of the past, as one does when reeling white thread, and think of me as someone coming to you for the very first time.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 899

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem asks: as one removes the knots when reeling white thread, cast away the painful times of the past and think of me as someone who has just now come for the first time. Joining the knots of thread with past occasions, and reeling thread with coming, it gathers through associated words of thread the wish to let old grievances go and begin again.
The author, "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki, the central compiler of the Kokinshū, who wrote its Japanese preface and composed the Tosa Diary. He is one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "ukarikeru," means "that were painful," with "keru" the attributive of the past auxiliary "keri."
Second line, "fushi o ba sutete," means "casting away the knots," with "fushi" a pivot word joining the knots in thread and "fushi," occasions or happenings.
Third line, "shiraito no," means "of white thread," and since thread is reeled, "kuru," it leads to "kuru." "Fushi," "shiraito," and "kuru" are associated words.
Fourth line, "ima kuru hito to," means "as one who has just now come," with "kuru" a pivot word joining reeling thread and "kuru," to come.
Final line, "omoinasanan," means "I wish you would think of me so," with "nan" a final particle wishing something of another. The sound of "ito," thread, carries on into "ito koso" in the next poem, 900.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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