Kesa ika ni omoi no iro no masaruran kinō ni sae mo mata wakaretsutsu

今朝いかに思ひの色のまさるらん
昨日にさへもまた別れつつ

Roma-ji: Kesa ika ni omoi no iro no masaruran kinō ni sae mo mata wakaretsutsu
English Translation: This morning, how much
deeper must the color of
your sorrow have grown,
since yesterday you parted,
even from us, once again.
Meaning: How much deeper the color of your grief must be this morning, now that yesterday you parted once again, even from us.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 831

Headnote: "Sent the morning after everyone had scattered"
The morning after everyone had gone their separate ways, the poet sent this to Nagenori. Having parted again yesterday, even from the others, how much deeper the color of your grief must be this morning, he says, imagining the other's heart.

First line, “kesa ika ni”: this morning, how much.
Second line, “omoi no iro no”: omoi no iro, the color of grief, likening its depth to color.
Third line, “masaruran”: ran is conjecture about the present, how much it must have deepened; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kinō ni sae mo”: even yesterday, the layered partings, as in 'hito ni sae mata wakaru beki' of 826.
Fifth line, “mata wakaretsutsu”: parting again, inverted to give the reason.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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