Yuyushi tote imu tomo ima wa kai mo araji uki o ba kaze ni tsukete yaminan - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ゆゆしとて忌むとも今はかひもあらじ
憂きをば風につけてやみなん

Roma-ji: Yuyushi tote imu tomo ima wa kai mo araji uki o ba kaze ni tsukete yaminan
English Translation: Though you shun it now,
calling it an evil omen,
there's no use at all;
I'll give my sorrows to the wind
this fan stirs, and end it here.
Meaning: Though you may shun it as ill-omened, it is no use now; I will hand my sorrows to the wind of this fan and let it all end.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Love Poems 1270

Headnote: "Sent in reply when a man sent a fan to a woman"
The poet says that shunning it as ill-omened is of no use now, and she will entrust her sorrows to the wind and let it all end. The headnote shows that when a man sent a fan to a woman, she sent this back. Since a fan raises wind, it seems some avoided it as a gift, and the woman who received it says it is no use worrying about omens now: she will blow away her sorrows on the fan's wind and end their bond as well, bidding him farewell.

First line, "yuyushi tote," means "calling it ill-omened."
Second line, "imu tomo ima wa," means "though one shuns it, now," with "tomo" a concessive supposition.
Third line, "kai mo araji," means "there will be no use," with "ji" negative conjecture. The poem breaks after this third line.
Fourth line, "uki o ba kaze ni," means "my sorrows to the wind," the wind raised by the fan he sent.
Final line, "tsukete yaminan," means "I will give them over and let it end," with "na" the irrealis form of the perfective "nu" and "n" an auxiliary of intention.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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