Ima wa ware koi sen hito o tomurawan yo ni uki koto to omoishirarenu

今は我恋せん人を訪ふらはん
世に憂きことと思ひ知られぬ

Roma-ji: Ima wa ware koi sen hito o tomurawan yo ni uki koto to omoishirarenu
English Translation: Now I'll go and call
on those who are in love,
to comfort their hearts—
for I have come to know too well
it's the cruelest thing in life.
Meaning: From now on I will visit and console those who are in love, for I have come to know all too well that love is the bitterest thing in this world.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1313

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
From now on he will call on and console those in love, the poet says, for he has learned how bitter love is in this world.
As one who knows love's suffering through and through, he expresses sympathy for others who bear the same pain. In his own painful experience turning into compassion for others, one glimpses, even in a love poem, a Buddhist spirit of mercy.

First line, “ima wa ware”: now, I.
Second line, “koi sen hito o”: those who are in love.
Third line, “tomurawan”: toburau is to visit and console; n is volitional; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “yo ni uki koto to”: that it is a bitter thing in this world.
Fifth line, “omoishirarenu”: re is spontaneous and nu perfective, "I have come to know it," the inversion giving the reason.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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