classic waka stream

つらかりし心ならひに逢ひ見ても
なほ夢かとぞ疑はれける
Roma-ji

Tsurakarishi kokoronarai ni aimite mo nao yume ka to zo utagawarekeru

English Translation
From a heart so used
to your coldness all this while,
though we meet at last,
still I find myself in doubt,
wondering if it is a dream
Meaning
My heart has grown so used to your coldness that even now that we have met, I cannot help wondering whether it is a dream.
Commentary
Book Eleven Variant Poems 700

So used has the poet's heart become to long coldness that, even on finally meeting, the poet cannot help doubting whether it is a dream. The poem expresses a heart unable to believe at once in a long-awaited meeting.
This poem is the same as 381 in Book Seven. In the variant manuscript it appears in a different place, after 515, the closing poem of Book Eight.

First line, 'tsurakarishi', means that was painful, using the attributive shi of the past ki.
Second line, 'kokoronarai ni', means by the habit of the heart, a heart accustomed to cold treatment.
Third line, 'aimite mo', means even when we meet, the particle temo expressing contrast.
Fourth line, 'nao yume ka to zo', means still whether it is a dream, the particle zo reaching to the final line.
Final line, 'utagawarekeru', means I cannot help doubting, the spontaneous ru followed by keru, the attributive of the exclamatory keri, answering zo.
Source
Kinyo Wakashu
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