Nakanaka ni towanu wa fukaki kata mo aran kokoro asaku mo uramitsuru kana

なかなかに訪はぬは深き方もあらん
心浅くも恨みつるかな

Roma-ji: Nakanaka ni towanu wa fukaki kata mo aran kokoro asaku mo uramitsuru kana
English Translation: On the contrary,
not calling may well hold some
deeper sense in it;
how shallow-hearted I was
to resent it as I did.
Meaning: Perhaps, on the contrary, not coming to call holds some deeper meaning; how shallow of me to have resented it.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 837

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When my elder brother, the lay priest Sōkū, passed away and you did not come to call, I sent this"
This is the last of Jakuzen's five. Perhaps not calling holds some deeper meaning, and how shallow of me to have resented it, he writes, softening the reproach of the four before and closing with sympathy for Saigyō's heart.

First line, “nakanaka ni”: on the contrary.
Second line, “towanu wa fukaki”: in not calling there is something deep.
Third line, “kata mo aran”: there may be such a side; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kokoro asaku mo”: shallowly, set against fukaki in the second line.
Fifth line, “uramitsuru kana”: kana is exclamatory; I have resented it.
Author: Jakuzen
Source: Sankashu
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