Imasara ni waga na wa tataji kawaraya no shita taku keburi kuyuri wabu to mo

今さらにわが名は立たじ瓦屋の
下焚く煙くゆりわぶとも

Roma-ji: Imasara ni waga na wa tataji kawaraya no shita taku keburi kuyuri wabu to mo
English Translation: Not now, so late,
shall my name be bandied about;
like the smoke beneath
the tile-kiln, smoldering—
though I smolder in my grief.
Meaning: Not now, so late, will I let rumor spread my name, though like the smoke smoldering beneath the tile kiln I smolder in my grief.
Commentary: Love Poems 435

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Among poems on love"
Like smoke smoldering beneath a tile kiln, the poet may smolder in secret grief, yet he resolves not to let rumor of his love spread now; it is a vow of hidden love.
The Ruijū text places it in the section of poems found in another manuscript and in printed editions.

Line 1 means "now, at this late time."
Line 2 means "my name shall not be spread," ji expressing negative intention; the poem pauses here.
Line 3 means "of the tile kiln," moving from the sky of the preceding poems to earthly smoke.
Line 4 means "the smoke burning beneath," overlaid with feelings that do not show.
Line 5 means "even though I smolder in grief," kuyuru meaning both smoldering smoke and brooding.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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