Mate to shi mo tanomenu hito no kuzu no ha mo ada naru kaze o urami ya wa semu

待てとしも頼めぬ人の葛の葉も
あだなる風をうらみやはせむ

Roma-ji: Mate to shi mo tanomenu hito no kuzu no ha mo ada naru kaze o urami ya wa semu
English Translation: Since you never asked
even that I wait for you,
like arrowroot leaves
turned over by a fickle wind,
would I show resentment? No.
Meaning: Since you never even asked me to wait, would I, like arrowroot leaves turned over by a fickle wind, show my resentment? Never.
Commentary: Love Poems 516

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of waiting for a lover"
Since the beloved never even asked him to wait, the poet says he will not resent her, as the arrowroot leaves turn over in a fickle wind; behind the words of restraint, resentment seeps through.
The base text glosses line 5 with senu. According to the notes in the base text, the Ruijū and Teika texts differ in line 5. Here the base text is followed.

Line 1 means "even to wait," shimo being intensive.
Line 2 means "of one who gave no promise"; after those who do not come, it turns to one who does not even promise.
Line 3 means "even arrowroot leaves," which turn over in the wind and lead to urami.
Line 4 means "at the fickle wind," overlaid with a fickle person.
Line 5 plays on urami, "showing the underside" and "resentment"; ya wa is rhetorical, "would I resent? no."
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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