Hikikaete ureshikaruran kokoro ni mo ukarishi koto wa wasurezaranan

ひきかへて嬉しかるらん心にも
憂かりしことは忘れざらなん

Roma-ji: Hikikaete ureshikaruran kokoro ni mo ukarishi koto wa wasurezaranan
English Translation: Even in your heart,
which must now be glad, so changed
from how it was before—
please do not forget the things
that were once so hard to bear.
Meaning: Even in your heart, now so changed and glad, please do not forget the days that were so hard to bear.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1263

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
Even in your heart, now so changed and glad, please do not forget the times of pain, the poet asks.
Amid the joy of fulfilled love, he wishes the beloved not to forget the past sorrows; it expresses a wish to cherish a joy won only through suffering.

First line, “hikikaete”: entirely changed.
Second line, “ureshikaruran”: ran conjectures, "that must be glad."
Third line, “kokoro ni mo”: even in that heart.
Fourth line, “ukarishi koto wa”: what was painful; shi is the attributive of the past ki.
Fifth line, “wasurezaranan”: nan expresses a wish, "please do not forget."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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