Madoitsutsu sugikeru kata no kuyashisa ni nakunaku mi o zo kyō wa uramuru

惑ひつつ過ぎける方の悔しさに
泣く泣く身をぞ今日は恨むる

Roma-ji: Madoitsutsu sugikeru kata no kuyashisa ni nakunaku mi o zo kyō wa uramuru
English Translation: In my regret for
the years that I spent astray,
lost in my delusion,
weeping, weeping, I today
turn and reproach myself.
Meaning: In my regret for the past I spent in delusion, today, weeping and weeping, I reproach myself.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 867

Headnote: "On repenting the karmic hindrances"
The topic is repenting the evil karma that hinders enlightenment. Regretting the past spent in delusion, today, weeping and weeping, I reproach myself, the poet says, expressing repentance for his own sins.

First line, “madoitsutsu”: going astray.
Second line, “sugikeru kata no”: of the time gone by.
Third line, “kuyashisa ni”: in regret, answering repentance in the topic.
Fourth line, “nakunaku mi o zo”: zo is answered by uramuru in the fifth line.
Fifth line, “kyō wa uramuru”: today I reproach myself, the attributive closing zo.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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