Yume ni sae hito no tsurenaku mietsureba nete mo samete mo mono o koso omoe - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夢にさへ人のつれなく見えつれば
寝ても覚めても物をこそ思へ

Roma-ji: Yume ni sae hito no tsurenaku mietsureba nete mo samete mo mono o koso omoe
English Translation: Since even in dreams
the one I love appeared
cold and turned away,
whether sleeping or awake,
all I do is brood and grieve.
Meaning: Even in my dreams you seemed cold to me, so whether I sleep or wake, all I do is brood.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 919

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that because the beloved appeared cold even in a dream, not only in waking life, I brood whether sleeping or awake. It sings of the pain of a love that grants not even the wish to meet in dreams, leaving no rest for the heart by day or night.
From 919 to 922 in this book, four poems in a row sing of dreams.

First line, "yume ni sae," means "even in a dream," with "sae" adding the dream to waking life.
Second line, "hito no tsurenaku," means "that person, coldly."
Third line, "mietsureba," means "since they appeared," with "tsure" the realis of the perfective "tsu" and "ba" a fixed condition.
Fourth line, "nete mo samete mo," means "whether sleeping or waking," pairing sleep and waking to express unceasing brooding.
Final line, "mono o koso omoe," means "I brood on and on," concluding in the realis "omoe" in answer to the binding particle "koso."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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