Kokoroetsu tada hitosuji ni ima yori wa hana o oshimade kaze o itowan

心得つただひとすぢに今よりは
花を惜しまで風をいとはん

Roma-ji: Kokoroetsu tada hitosuji ni ima yori wa hana o oshimade kaze o itowan
English Translation: Now I understand:
simply, wholeheartedly,
from this moment on,
I'll no longer grieve the flowers,
but despise the wind instead.
Meaning: Now I understand. From now on, with a single mind, I will stop grieving for the blossoms and simply hate the wind.
Commentary: Spring Poems 131

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When composing many poems on falling blossoms"
Having long grieved over falling blossoms, the poet declares that he understands at last: from now on he will stop mourning the flowers and simply hate the wind that scatters them.
Grieving does not stop the blossoms falling, so he will turn his reproach on the wind. This clear-cut resolve, if anything, reveals a love for the flowers he cannot let go. Following the appeals to the storm and mountain wind in the two preceding poems, he here declares outright his aversion to the wind.

First line, “kokoroetsu”: I understand, closing with the perfective tsu, a break after the first line.
Second line, “tada hitosuji ni”: simply, single-mindedly.
Third line, “ima yori wa”: from now on.
Fourth line, “hana o oshimade”: without grieving the blossoms.
Fifth line, “kaze o itowan”: n expresses intention, I will hate the wind, closing the poem.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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