Kimi ga inan katami ni su beki sakura sae nagori arasezu kaze sasou nari

君が去なん形見にすべき桜さへ
名残あらせず風誘ふなり

Roma-ji: Kimi ga inan katami ni su beki sakura sae nagori arasezu kaze sasou nari
English Translation: Even the cherries
that I'd keep in memory
when you've gone away—
leaving not a trace behind,
the wind, it seems, lures them off.
Meaning: Even the cherry blossoms I meant to keep in memory of you once you had gone—it seems the wind is luring them away, leaving no trace behind.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1144

Headnote: "Told to compose a reply, I wrote it on a cypress fan and held it out"
Bidden to reply to the preceding poem, the lady-in-waiting Rokkaku wrote this on a cypress fan and offered it. Even the cherry she meant to keep in memory of you after you go, she says, the wind seems to lure away, leaving nothing behind.
Taking up Saigyō's "forgetting where the blossoms go," she sings of a double loss, the departing man and the falling flowers both regretted. The idea of keeping the cherry as a keepsake of the departing man shows how deeply she regrets the parting.

First line, “kimi ga inan”: nan joins the perfective nu with conjectural n, "you will go away."
Second line, “katami ni su beki”: that I meant to make a keepsake.
Third line, “sakura sae”: sae adds, "even the cherry."
Fourth line, “nagori arasezu”: leaving no trace behind.
Fifth line, “kaze sasou nari”: nari infers from sound or appearance, "the wind seems to be luring them away."
Author: Rokkaku no Tsubone
Source: Sankashu
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