Kaze hayami mine no kuzuha no tomosureba ayakariyasuki hito no kokoro ka - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

風早み峰の葛葉のともすれば
あやかりやすき人の心か

Roma-ji: Kaze hayami mine no kuzuha no tomosureba ayakariyasuki hito no kokoro ka
English Translation: As the wind blows fast,
the arrowroot leaves on the peak
turn and turn about;
how easily it's swayed,
the heart of that one I love!
Meaning: As the arrowroot leaves on the peak are always turning in the swift wind, how easily swayed is the heart of that person!
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Love Poems 1251

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet says that, like the arrowroot leaves on the peak that turn over in the swift wind, the beloved's heart is easily swayed. Likening a heart quick to turn to others to arrowroot leaves that show their pale undersides when blown by the wind, it laments that unreliability. It follows the ever-changing human heart of the preceding poem, 1249.

First line, "kaze hayami," means "as the wind is swift," with "mi" a suffix of cause.
Second line, "mine no kuzuha no," means "the arrowroot leaves on the peak," which turn over in the wind and so serve as a figure for a change of heart. Up to here the lines form a preface leading to "tomosureba" in the third line.
Third line, "tomosureba," means "all too easily."
Fourth line, "ayakariyasuki," means "easily swayed," a heart moved by the influence of others.
Final line, "hito no kokoro ka," means "such is that person's heart," with "ka" exclamatory. It shares the words with the second line of the preceding poem, 1249, "hito no kokoro ni."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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