Naozari no nasake wa hito no aru mono o tayuru wa tsune no narai naredomo

なほざりの情けは人のあるものを
絶ゆるは常のならひなれども

Roma-ji: Naozari no nasake wa hito no aru mono o tayuru wa tsune no narai naredomo
English Translation: Even a token
of kindness she might have shown,
surely that she has,
though to break off is the way
that the world has always known.
Meaning: Surely you have at least a token of kindness to show me, though it is the way of the world for love to break off.
Commentary: Love Poems 672

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love"
It is the way of the world for the bond between lovers to break off, the poet says, yet surely the beloved could show at least a token of kindness. Resigned to the end of the bond, he still resents the coldness of one who shows him no kindness at all.
Placing aru mono o, the same line as the third line of the preceding poem, in its third line, this poem shifts from comparison with others to the beloved's lack of kindness.

First line, “naozari no”: naozari is casual, perfunctory.
Second line, “nasake wa hito no”: nasake is kindness, and hito the beloved.
Third line, “aru mono o”: mono o is concessive: though there should be some; the same line as the third line of the preceding poem. The poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, “tayuru wa tsune no”: tayu is for a love to break off, and tsune the way of the world.
Fifth line, “narai naredomo”: narai is custom: though it is the custom, the poem trailing off and returning in inversion to the upper verse.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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