Samazama ni aware ōkaru wakare kana kokoro o kimi ga yado ni todomete

さまざまにあはれ多かる別れかな
心を君が宿にとどめて

Roma-ji: Samazama ni aware ōkaru wakare kana kokoro o kimi ga yado ni todomete
English Translation: In so many ways,
how full of sorrow it is,
this parting of ours,
as I leave my heart behind
there at your dwelling.
Meaning: How full of sorrow in so many ways this parting is, as I go, leaving my heart behind at your house.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 927

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When, ill with a cold, I was returning to my mountain temple, people came to see me off, saying, 'When you are better, come again soon,' and thinking of each one's kindness / There were replies too, but those I did not hear of I have not written down"
This is the fourth of the five. How full of sorrow in so many ways is this parting, as I go leaving my heart behind at your house, the poet says, expressing his reluctance to leave those who came to see him.

First line, “samazama ni”: in many ways.
Second line, “aware ōkaru”: full of sorrow.
Third line, “wakare kana”: kana is exclamatory; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kokoro o kimi ga”: my heart, at your.
Fifth line, “yado ni todomete”: leaving it at your house, inverted to follow the third line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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