Ware wa tada kaesade o kin sayogoromo kite neshi koto o omoiidetsutsu

我はただ返さでを着ん小夜衣
着て寝しことを思ひ出でつつ

Roma-ji: Ware wa tada kaesade o kin sayogoromo kite neshi koto o omoiidetsutsu
English Translation: As for me, I'll wear it
just as it is, not turned out,
this robe for the night,
ever calling back to mind
how we wore it as we slept.
Meaning: As for me, I will simply wear my night robe as it is, without turning it inside out, recalling how we wore it as we slept together.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1501

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on Love"
The ninth of the ten poems on love. He will not turn his night robe inside out to meet his love in dreams, but wear it as it is, recalling the night they slept together.
The folk belief that sleeping in a night robe turned inside out brings a dream of the beloved was well known, as seen in Ono no Komachi's poem in the Kokinshū, "When longing presses hard, I wear my night robe turned inside out." This poem deliberately sets the belief aside and chooses to wear the robe that holds the memory of their night together, longing for a real remembrance rather than a dream.

First line, “ware wa tada”: I for my part, setting himself apart from those who follow the belief.
Second line, “kaesade o kin”: de is a negative conjunctive, o an emphatic interjectory particle, and n intention, "I will wear it unturned."
Third line, “sayogoromo”: the robe worn when sleeping at night; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kite neshi koto o”: shi marks the past, "how we wore it as we slept."
Fifth line, “omoiidetsutsu”: tsutsu marks continuation, "ever recalling."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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