classic waka stream

忘れぬる君はなかなかつらからで
今まで生ける身をぞ怨むる
Roma-ji

Wasurenuru kimi wa nakanaka tsurakarade ima made ikeru mi o zo uramuru

English Translation
You who have forgotten,
you seem now, if anything,
not so cold at all;
it is this self that has lived
until now that I resent.
Meaning
You who have forgotten me no longer seem cold; rather, it is this self of mine, still living until now, that I resent.
Commentary
Book Fifteen Love Poems V 994

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says: you who have forgotten me no longer seem cold, rather, it is this self that has lived on until now that I resent. Turning the point of resentment from the other to oneself, it sings of the pain of a life that goes on even after being forgotten.

First line, "wasurenuru," means "who have forgotten," with "nuru" the attributive of the perfective "nu." Taking up "wasurenan" in the preceding poem, 993, the word "wasuru" continues.
Second line, "kimi wa nakanaka," means "you, on the contrary," with "nakanaka" meaning "rather."
Third line, "tsurakarade," means "not seeming cold," with "de" a negative conjunctive particle.
Fourth line, "ima made ikeru," means "that has lived on until now."
Final line, "mi o zo uramuru," means "it is myself I resent," concluding with the attributive of the verb "uramu" in answer to the binding particle "zo." Contrasting "kimi," you, in the second line with "mi," the self, in the final line, it turns the direction of resentment. It shares the theme of resentment with the series of resentment poems that ran from 973 in this book.
Author
Unknown Poet
Source
Shui Wakashu
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