Tazunu tomo kaze no tsute ni mo kikaji kashi hana to chirinishi kimi ga yukue o

尋ぬとも風の伝にも聞かじかし
花と散りにし君が行方を

Roma-ji: Tazunu tomo kaze no tsute ni mo kikaji kashi hana to chirinishi kimi ga yukue o
English Translation: Though I search for it,
not even on the wind's word
will I ever hear
where she has gone, who scattered
from us like the blossoms.
Meaning: However I may seek, I will not hear of it even on the wind: where she has gone, who scattered like the blossoms.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 779

Headnote: "After Taikenmon'in had passed away, people remained in service until the anniversary rites the following year; when the blossoms on the south side were falling, I sent this to the Lady Horikawa"
After Taikenmon'in died, the ladies who had served her remained at her residence until the first anniversary, and when the cherry blossoms on the south side were scattering, Saigyō sent this to the Lady Horikawa. However I seek, I will not hear even on the wind where she has gone, who scattered like the blossoms, he writes, grieving the empress's death in the falling cherry. Saigyō was close to Taikenmon'in and her ladies.

First line, “tazunu tomo”: tomo is concessive, even if I seek.
Second line, “kaze no tsute ni mo”: not even by word of the wind, the wind that scatters blossoms.
Third line, “kikaji kashi”: ji is negative conjecture and kashi an emphatic particle; I will not hear of it; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “hana to chirinishi”: scattered like the blossoms, taking up the falling blossoms of the headnote as a figure for her death.
Fifth line, “kimi ga yukue o”: where she has gone, inverted to follow the third line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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