Ima wa sa wa oboenu yume ni nashihatete hito ni katarade yamine to zo omou

今はさは覚えぬ夢になし果てて
人に語らでやみねとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Ima wa sa wa oboenu yume ni nashihatete hito ni katarade yamine to zo omou
English Translation: Now, then, let it be:
I'll make of it a dream
I can't believe was real,
and without a word to anyone,
let it end, so I resolve.
Meaning: Now, then, I will turn it into a dream I cannot believe was real, and let it end without telling anyone.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1260

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
Now, then, I will make that meeting into a dream not to be believed, and let it end without speaking of it to anyone, the poet says.
The meeting that in 1256 felt like a dream he now deliberately turns into one, wishing to end it in secret. The resolve to guard love's secret and a note of resignation overlap.

First line, “ima wa sa wa”: now, then.
Second line, “oboenu yume ni”: into an unbelievable dream.
Third line, “nashihatete”: making it wholly so.
Fourth line, “hito ni katarade”: de is a negative conjunction, "without telling anyone."
Fifth line, “yamine to zo omou”: yamine is the imperative "let it end"; zo is answered by the attributive omou.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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