Nagareizuru namida ni kyō wa shizumu tomo ukaban sue o nao omowanan

流れ出づる涙に今日は沈むとも
浮かばん末をなほ思はなん

Roma-ji: Nagareizuru namida ni kyō wa shizumu tomo ukaban sue o nao omowanan
English Translation: Though today you sink
in the tears that flow and pour
endlessly from you,
still, I pray you, think upon
the future when you'll float up.
Meaning: Though today you may be sinking in the tears that pour from you, please still think of the time to come when you will rise up again.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1141

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Reply"
This is Saigyō's reply to the lady's poem 1139. Though today you sink in flowing tears, he encourages her, still think of the future when you will rise again.
Taking up her "sink" and "float," he admonishes her that though she is sunk in grief now, the time of deliverance will come; she should trust in a next life where she will rise up through the Buddha's salvation.

First line, “nagareizuru”: flowing forth; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “namida ni kyō wa”: in tears, today; "today" is set against "the future" of the fourth line.
Third line, “shizumu tomo”: tomo is a concessive supposition, "even if you sink," answering her "sink."
Fourth line, “ukaban sue o”: the future when you will rise, answering her "float," the deliverance of the next life.
Fifth line, “nao omowanan”: nan expresses a wish, "please still think of it."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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