Yukichiran kyō no wakare o omou ni mo sara ni nageki ya sou kokochi suru

行き散らん今日の別れを思ふにも
さらに嘆きや添ふ心地する

Roma-ji: Yukichiran kyō no wakare o omou ni mo sara ni nageki ya sou kokochi suru
English Translation: As all go their ways,
when I think of how today
we must part like this,
it feels as though there were
grief heaped upon grief still more.
Meaning: When I think of today's parting, as all go their separate ways, I feel as though grief is heaped upon grief.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 809

Headnote: "When the lay priest who had been Grand Counselor and Chamberlain passed away, on the day the monks who had held services at dusk and dawn each went home, I sent this"
When the lay priest Fujiwara no Narimichi, once Grand Counselor and Chamberlain, had died, on the day the monks who had held the dusk and dawn services each went home, the poet sent this to the bereaved family. Narimichi was the man who exchanged poems with Saigyō in 730. When I think of today's parting as all go their separate ways, I feel grief heaped on grief, he says, the loneliness of the survivors' parting laid over the sorrow of death.

First line, “yukichiran”: who will scatter and go, the monks returning home.
Second line, “kyō no wakare o”: today's parting.
Third line, “omou ni mo”: when I think of it.
Fourth line, “sara ni nageki ya”: the question particle ya is answered by suru in the fifth line.
Fifth line, “sou kokochi suru”: it feels as if added.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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