Omoishiru hito ariake no yo nariseba tsukisezu mi oba uramizaramashi

思ひ知る人ありあけの夜なりせば
つきせず身をば恨みざらまし

Roma-ji: Omoishiru hito ariake no yo nariseba tsukisezu mi oba uramizaramashi
English Translation: If there were someone
who understood, on a night
of the dawn's last moon,
without end I would not now
resent the lot that is mine.
Meaning: If this were a night of the dawn moon with someone who understood my heart, I would not be resenting my lot without end.
Commentary: Love Poems 652

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
If this were a night when there was someone who understood his feelings, the poet says, he would not be resenting his own lot without end as he watches the moon at dawn. Ariake joins 'there is someone' with the dawn moon, and tsukisezu joins 'endlessly' with tsuki, the moon, so that the lament of love is woven into the words of the moon.
This poem stands at the end of the group of moon poems within the love section, closing the poems of love expressed through the moon with the moon that lingers at dawn.

First line, “omoishiru”: who understands my feelings.
Second line, “hito ariake no”: ariake is a pivot word joining 'there is someone' with the dawn moon, the moon that lingers in the sky at daybreak.
Third line, “yo nariseba”: seba is a counterfactual condition: if it were such a night; this answers mashi at the end.
Fourth line, “tsukisezu mi oba”: tsukisezu is a pivot word joining 'without end' with tsuki, the moon, answering the topic.
Fifth line, “uramizaramashi”: mashi is counterfactual: I would not resent it.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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