Ie no kaze tsutau bakari wa nakeredomo nado ka chirasanu nage no koto no ha

家の風伝ふばかりはなけれども
などか散らさぬなげの言の葉

Roma-ji: Ie no kaze tsutau bakari wa nakeredomo nado ka chirasanu nage no koto no ha
English Translation: Not enough, perhaps,
to hand down our family's style,
and yet why did you
not let them scatter as well,
these idle words of mine?
Meaning: My poems may not be worth handing on as the family's style, yet why did you not send out my idle words along with the rest?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 931

Headnote: "Hearing that Jakuchō had added his own poems to Tametada's, gathered those of his younger brother Jakuzen as well, and had someone convey them to the new Retired Emperor, his elder brother Sōkū sent this"
Hearing that Jakuchō had added his own poems to their father Tametada's, gathered those of his younger brother Jakuzen as well, and had someone convey them to the new Retired Emperor, Sōkū, their elder brother, sent this to Saigyō. My poems may not be enough to hand down the family style, but why were my idle words not sent out too? he writes, voicing his displeasure that only his poems among the brothers were left out.

First line, “ie no kaze”: the family's poetic style.
Second line, “tsutau bakari wa”: enough to hand on.
Third line, “nakeredomo”: though it is not.
Fourth line, “nado ka chirasanu”: nado ka is why; chirasu, to scatter, is to send poems out into the world, related to the wind.
Fifth line, “nage no koto no ha”: nage is idle, offhand; ending on a noun.
Author: Sōkū
Source: Sankashu
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