Yoshi saraba tsurasa wa ware ni naraikeri tanomete konu wa tare ka oshieshi - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

よしさらばつらさは我にならひけり
頼めて来ぬは誰か教へし

Roma-ji: Yoshi saraba tsurasa wa ware ni naraikeri tanomete konu wa tare ka oshieshi
English Translation: Very well, then — say
that you learned your coldness
by learning it from me;
but making me hope, then not coming —
who was it that taught you that
Meaning: Very well — let us say you learned your coldness from me. But promising to come and then not coming — who taught you that?
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 316

Seemingly answering a reproach for coldness, the poet says that very well, the beloved may have learned coldness from her — but who taught him to raise her hopes and then not come? Deflecting the reproach while sharply exposing his faithlessness, it is a poem rich in wit.
Poem 312 of this book also uses "narainiki," saying the speaker has grown used to brooding.

The first line, "yoshi saraba" (very well, then), accepts the other's words for the moment.
The second line, "tsurasa wa ware ni," singles out coldness with "wa": from me.
The third line, "naraikeri," uses the exclamatory "keri": let it be that you learned it, with a break after the third line.
The fourth line, "tanomete konu wa," refers to raising hopes and then not coming, singled out with "wa."
The final line, "tare ka oshieshi," forms a kakari-musubi of "ka" and the attributive past "shi," turning the question back: who taught you?
Author: Sei Shōnagon
Source: Shika Wakashu
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