Nagaraen to omou kokoro zo tsuyu mo naki itou ni dani mo taenu ukimi wa

長らへんと思ふ心ぞ露もなき
厭ふにだにも堪へぬ憂き身は

Roma-ji: Nagaraen to omou kokoro zo tsuyu mo naki itou ni dani mo taenu ukimi wa
English Translation: Any wish to live,
any heart for lingering on,
not the least have I,
this sorry self that cannot bear
even to loathe the world.
Meaning: I have not the slightest wish to live on, I whose wretched self cannot even bear to go on loathing this world.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 718

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Miscellany"
The poet has not the slightest wish to live on, being a wretched self that cannot even bear to loathe the world. It speaks of a heart weary of life, like the 'nagaraemauki' of the poems just before.

First line, “nagaraen to”: to live on, a line of six syllables, using the same verb nagarau as 'nagaraemauki' in 713.
Second line, “omou kokoro zo”: the binding particle zo is answered by the attributive naki in the third line.
Third line, “tsuyu mo naki”: tsuyu mo is not in the least; naki closes the zo construction, and the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “itou ni dani mo”: dani is even; even loathing the world.
Fifth line, “taenu ukimi wa”: this wretched self that cannot bear it, inverted to take up the first three lines.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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