Tsurakaran hito yue mi o ba uramiji to omoishi koto mo kanawazarikeri

つらからん人ゆゑ身をば恨みじと
思ひしことも叶はざりけり

Roma-ji: Tsurakaran hito yue mi o ba uramiji to omoishi koto mo kanawazarikeri
English Translation: For one who will be
cold to me, I made up my mind
not to blame myself—
yet even what I had resolved
I could not hold to after all.
Meaning: I had resolved not to blame myself for the sake of one who would be cold to me, yet even that I could not keep.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1280

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
He had resolved not to blame himself for the sake of one who would be unkind, yet even that resolve failed, the poet says.
He had determined not to resent the beloved's coldness as his own misfortune, yet in the end he blames himself, singing of the heart's weakness. Like the preceding poem, it laments an estranged love.

First line, “tsurakaran”: n is the attributive of the conjectural, "who would be cold."
Second line, “hito yue mi o ba”: for that person's sake, myself.
Third line, “uramiji to”: ji is negative volition, "that I would not blame."
Fourth line, “omoishi koto mo”: even what I had thought.
Fifth line, “kanawazarikeri”: keri marks realization, "it did not come true."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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