Waga tame ni tsuraki kokoro o minazuki no tezukara yagate harae utenan

我がために辛き心をみなつきの
手づからやがて祓へ捨てなん

Roma-ji: Waga tame ni tsuraki kokoro o minazuki no tezukara yagate harae utenan
English Translation: The heart so cold to me,
all of it, in this Waterless Month,
with your very own hands,
take it now, I ask you, and
purify it, cast it away.
Meaning: On this last day of the Waterless Month, please take all the coldness in your heart toward me and, with your own hands, purify it and cast it away.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1162

Headnote: "A serving woman of a certain household spoke her heart to a man who was Head of Yin-Yang Divination, but he did not respond as she wished, so on the last day of the sixth month I composed this on her behalf"
A serving woman had declared her love to the Head of Yin-Yang Divination, but he was cold to her, and on the last day of the sixth month Saigyō composed this on her behalf. Take all your coldness toward me, she asks, and with your own hands purify it and cast it away on this last day of the Waterless Month.
The last day of the sixth month was the day of the summer purification, when sins and defilements were cleansed. Addressed to the official whose duty was purification, it is a witty love poem urging him to purge his own coldness too.

First line, “waga tame ni”: toward me.
Second line, “tsuraki kokoro o”: the cold, unkind heart.
Third line, “minazuki no”: pivots on mina, "all," and Minazuki, the sixth month.
Fourth line, “tezukara yagate”: tezukara is "with your own hands," yagate "straightaway."
Fifth line, “harae utenan”: nan expresses a wish, "please purify and cast it away"; the text's harae utenan is taken as harae sutenan.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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