Izuku yori fukikuru kaze no chirashiken tare mo shinobu no mori no kotonoha - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづくより吹きくる風の散らしけん
誰もしのぶの森の言の葉

Roma-ji: Izuku yori fukikuru kaze no chirashiken tare mo shinobu no mori no kotonoha
English Translation: From where did it blow,
the wind that came and scattered
them, I wonder—
in the forest of Shinobu,
the leaves of our secret words?
Meaning: From where, I wonder, did the wind blow that scattered them, the leaves of the words we both kept hidden in the forest of Shinobu?
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 827

Headnote: "Sent when word got about of my secret affair with a woman"
Sent to a woman when word got about of their secret meetings. From where did the wind blow that scattered them, he says, the leaves of words in the forest of Shinobu, where we both kept our secret? He likens the leaking of the words the two had exchanged in secret to the leaves of the forest of Shinobu, a famed place in Michinoku, scattered by the wind, and wonders where the rumor came from.
The author, "Takafusa, Intendant of the Left Gate Guards," is Fujiwara no Takafusa. The son of Provisional Major Counselor Fujiwara no Takasue, he served as Intendant of the Left Gate Guards and later rose to Major Counselor. He married a daughter of Taira no Kiyomori, and there is a collection of his love exchanges, the Takafusa Shū.
The two preceding poems sang of whether to give one's name, while this one sings of the aftermath of a secret love becoming known, forming a course in which hidden love comes to light.

First line, "izuku yori": "from where," wondering at the source of the rumor.
Second line, "fukikuru kaze no": "the wind that blew," likening what spread the rumor to the wind.
Third line, "chirashiken": "ken" is the past conjectural "kemu," "could have scattered?" The poem pauses here and stands in inverted order with the lower half.
Fourth line, "tare mo shinobu no": "shinobu" pivots between "hiding" from others' eyes and Shinobu, a famed place in Michinoku, "which we both kept hidden."
Fifth line, "mori no kotonoha": the poem ends on a noun, and the "ha," leaves, of "kotonoha," words, is an associated word of "mori," forest, likening their words to the leaves of a forest.
Author: Fujiwara no Takafusa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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