Sutete nochi wa magireshi kata wa oboenu o kokoro nomi o ba yo ni arasekeru

捨てて後はまぎれし方は覚えぬを
心のみをば世にあらせける

Roma-ji: Sutete nochi wa magireshi kata wa oboenu o kokoro nomi o ba yo ni arasekeru
English Translation: Since I cast it off,
the ways that once kept me busy
I no longer recall;
yet my heart, and that alone,
I have left to dwell in the world.
Meaning: Since renouncing the world I no longer recall the affairs that once distracted me, yet my heart alone I have let remain in the world.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1508

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems of Reflection"
The sixth of the ten poems of reflection. Since renouncing the world he has forgotten the affairs that once distracted him, yet his heart alone he has let remain in the world.
It looks at a self unable to let go entirely: though the body has left the world through renunciation, the heart lingers in it. In reversal of 1504, where the heart was sent to the mountains and the body stayed in the world, here the body has renounced the world while the heart alone remains.

First line, “sutete nochi wa”: after renouncing the world; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “magireshi kata wa”: magiru is to be distracted by worldly affairs, "the matters that occupied me."
Third line, “oboenu o”: o is concessive, "though I do not recall them."
Fourth line, “kokoro nomi o ba”: the heart alone; o ba stresses the object.
Fifth line, “yo ni arasekeru”: se is causative, and keru in attributive form closes in exclamation, "I have let it remain in the world."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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