Nakanaka ni shinobu keshiki ya shirukaran kawaru omoi ni narai naki mi wa

なかなかに忍ぶけしきやしるからん
変はる思ひにならひなき身は

Roma-ji: Nakanaka ni shinobu keshiki ya shirukaran kawaru omoi ni narai naki mi wa
English Translation: Will it all the more
be plain I'm hiding something,
showing in my face—
for one like me, unused
to this new and changing love?
Meaning: Will my efforts to hide it only make it more obvious, unused as I am to this new feeling that has changed me so?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1245

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
Will my attempt to hide it only make it all the plainer, the poet wonders, unused as I am to this love that has changed my feelings?
One bewildered by a first love fears that the harder he tries to hide it, the more unnatural he will seem, and the more others will notice. The clumsiness of one unused to love is frankly expressed.

First line, “nakanaka ni”: on the contrary, all the more.
Second line, “shinobu keshiki ya”: ya questions, answered by the attributive ran in the third line.
Third line, “shirukaran”: shirushi is to be plain; "will it be obvious?"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kawaru omoi ni”: to this feeling that has changed me.
Fifth line, “narai naki mi wa”: for one unaccustomed, the inversion giving the reason.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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