Utatane no yume o itoishi toko no ue ni kesa ika bakari okiukaruran

うたた寝の夢を厭ひし床の上に
今朝いかばかり起き憂かるらん

Roma-ji: Utatane no yume o itoishi toko no ue ni kesa ika bakari okiukaruran
English Translation: On this very bed
where I once despised the dreams
of fitful slumber—
how hard must it be this morning
to rise up and leave its warmth.
Meaning: On this bed where I once scorned even the dreams of a brief doze, how hard it must be this morning to rise and leave.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1262

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
On the bed where once, waiting, he scorned even the dreams of a doze, how hard it must be this morning, after their meeting, to rise and part, the poet says.
The bed on which he once waited, rejecting even dreams, has become, now that they have met, a bed hard to leave; the poem contrasts the stages of love, heightening the pain of the morning parting through past and present.

First line, “utatane no”: of a brief doze.
Second line, “yume o itoishi”: where I scorned dreams, the fleeting dreams of waiting.
Third line, “toko no ue ni”: on the bed.
Fourth line, “kesa ika bakari”: how much this morning, after the meeting.
Fifth line, “okiukaruran”: okiushi is hard to rise; ran conjectures.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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