Isagiyoki ike ni kage koso ukabinure shizumi ya sen to omou waga mi o - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いさぎよき池に影こそ浮かびぬれ
沈みやせんと思ふわが身を

Roma-ji: Isagiyoki ike ni kage koso ukabinure shizumi ya sen to omou waga mi o
English Translation: In the spotless pond
my reflection, I see,
has come floating up,
this self of mine that I feared
would sink into the depths
Meaning: In this pure pond my reflection has come floating up, though I had feared that this self of mine would sink.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Buddhist Poems 1232

Headnote: "Composed when the Horikawa Minister of the Left visited the Paradise Hall of Senzai Shōnin's Ungoji and various people composed poems"
This poem was composed when the Horikawa Minister of the Left visited the Paradise Hall of Senzai Shōnin's temple, Ungoji, and those present composed poems. In the pure pond my reflection has floated up, this self I feared would sink, he says. The Pure Land is said to have pools of clear jewel water, and seeing his own figure reflected in the pond of the Paradise Hall as one floating in the pond of paradise, he rejoices in the hope of rebirth there, for the self he feared would sink into the evil paths because of his sins has risen to the surface. "Floating" and "sinking" form a pair.
The author, "Akinaka, Head of the Office of Divinities," is Minamoto no Akinaka. A son of the Minister of the Right Minamoto no Akifusa, he rose to head of the Office of Divinities. He was the father of Taikenmon'in no Horikawa.
Senzai Shōnin of the headnote is the author of 1209 in this book.

First line, "isagiyoki": "pure, unstained," calling to mind the jewel pools of paradise.
Second line, "ike ni kage koso": "kage" is his own figure reflected in the pond, and "koso," an emphatic binding particle, closes with the perfective form "nure" in the third line.
Third line, "ukabinure": "nure," the perfective form of the perfective "nu," closes the binding. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "shizumi ya sen to": "shizumu" means sinking into the evil paths, paired with "ukabu," floating, in the third line. "Ya" is an interrogative binding particle closing with the attributive "n."
Fifth line, "omou waga mi o": "o" is an exclamatory interjectory particle, "this self that I feared would sink." By inversion it returns to the third line.
Author: Minamoto no Akinaka
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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