Tsurakeredo hito ni wa iwazu Iwamigata urami zo fukaki kokoro hitotsu ni - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

つらけれど人には言はずいはみ潟
うらみぞ深き心ひとつに

Roma-ji: Tsurakeredo hito ni wa iwazu Iwamigata urami zo fukaki kokoro hitotsu ni
English Translation: Though you are so cold,
I tell no one, not a word;
like Iwami's bay,
deep runs my bitterness
within this one heart alone.
Meaning: Though you are cold to me, I tell no one; like the deep bay of Iwami Lagoon, my resentment runs deep within my heart alone.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 980

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: though they are cold, I tell no one; like the bay of Iwami Lagoon, deep is the resentment within my heart alone. Through wordplay on a place-name, it sings of the pain of a love that hoards deep resentment alone within the breast, confiding in no one.

First line, "tsurakeredo," means "though they are cold." It opens with the same line as the first line of 974 in this book, "tsurakeredo."
Second line, "hito ni wa iwazu," means "I tell no one." The poem breaks here.
Third line, "Iwamigata," means "Iwami Lagoon," a poetic place in Iwami Province, with "iwami" a pivot word taking up "iwa" from "iwazu" in the second line and joining it to the place-name Iwami.
Fourth line, "urami zo fukaki," means "deep is the resentment," with "urami" a pivot word joining "urami," gazing at the bay, an association with the lagoon, and "urami," resentment. It concludes with the attributive of the adjective "fukashi" in answer to the binding particle "zo." The poem breaks here.
Final line, "kokoro hitotsu ni," means "within my one heart alone," inverted with the fourth line. It shares with "waga mi hitotsu no" in 953 and "waga mi hitotsu ni" in 999 of this book the singing of feelings held alone.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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