Tsuranarade kaze ni midarete naku kari no shidoro ni koe no kikoyu naru kana

連ならで風に乱れて鳴く雁の
しどろに声の聞こゆなるかな

Roma-ji: Tsuranarade kaze ni midarete naku kari no shidoro ni koe no kikoyu naru kana
English Translation: Out of their long lines,
scattered by the wind, the geese
crying as they fly,
their voices come to me
all tangled and in disarray.
Meaning: The geese, unable to keep their ranks, scattered by the wind, cry out, and their voices reach me all in disarray.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 959

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The cries of geese, out of their ranks and scattered by the wind, reach me all in disarray, the poet says, catching through sound alone the scattered calls of geese that should fly in lines but are broken up by the wind.

First line, “tsuranarade”: not in line, though geese fly in ranks.
Second line, “kaze ni midarete”: thrown into disorder by the wind.
Third line, “naku kari no”: of the crying geese.
Fourth line, “shidoro ni koe no”: shidoro is in disarray.
Fifth line, “kikoyu naru kana”: naru marks inference from sound; how they are heard.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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