Misebaya na tsuyu no yukari no tamakazura kokoro ni kakete shinobu keshiki o - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

見せばやな露のゆかりの玉かづら
心にかけて忍ぶ気色を

Roma-ji: Misebaya na tsuyu no yukari no tamakazura kokoro ni kakete shinobu keshiki o
English Translation: How I wish to show her,
bound by a dewdrop's tie, the
jeweled vine, the way
I hold her close in my heart,
this look of love kept secret
Meaning: How I wish I could show her, the jeweled vine bound by a dewdrop's tie, how I keep her in my heart and love her in secret.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 871

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'love in terms of The Tale of Genji'"
This poem was composed on the topic "love in terms of The Tale of Genji." How I wish I could show her, it says, how I keep the jeweled vine of the dewdrop's tie in my heart and love her in secret. Taking as its subject Tamakazura, daughter of Yūgao, depicted in the Tamakazura chapter of The Tale of Genji, it is composed from the heart of one who secretly loves Tamakazura. Through "tamakazura," a hair ornament worn on the head, it continues with "kakete," "setting," and expresses the wish to show her the love held secretly in the heart.
The author is given as "anonymous."
The next poem, 872, is also on the topic "love in terms of The Tale of Genji," and the two stand side by side. With "misebaya" in the fourth line of 861 and "misebaya na" in the first line of 886, poems wishing to show one's love recur throughout this book.

First line, "misebaya na": "baya" is a particle of wish and "na" an exclamatory particle, "how I wish to show." The poem pauses here and stands in inverted order with the lines that follow. It is the same first line as 886 in this book.
Second line, "tsuyu no yukari no": "tsuyu," "dew," means something fleeting and is thought to point to Tamakazura's tie with her mother Yūgao, who passed away so briefly. "Yukari" means a tie, a connection.
Third line, "tamakazura": it points to Tamakazura, the lady of The Tale of Genji. "Tamakazura" is originally an ornament worn on the head and is an associated word for "kakete" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "kokoro ni kakete": "setting her in my heart, thinking of her constantly." It continues with "kake" through the association with "tamakazura" in the third line.
Fifth line, "shinobu keshiki o": "shinobu" means to love secretly, and "keshiki" is one's look, one's manner. It closes by naming what he wishes to show in "misebaya na" of the first line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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