今いまは無なき

expression, pre-noun adjectival

now gone; no longer existing; lost

A fixed literary expression used before a noun to indicate that something or someone no longer exists, often with a nostalgic or elegiac tone.

• 今いまは無なき古こ都との面おも影かげをしのぶ。

  I recall the vestiges of the now-lost ancient capital.

• 今いまはなき友ともを思おもって涙なみだがこぼれた。

  Tears fell as I thought of my friend who is no longer with us.