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In the lyrics of [a song by Utada
Hikaru](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9Srs04sFU) I came across two lines
(starting from 0:40) saying:

> 開いたばかりの花が散るのを
>
> 見ていた木立の遣る瀬無きかな

My questions:

  1. How to explain the 「の」 in the second line?
  2. I guess the 「かな」at the end is sort of an exclamation, then how can the 「遣る瀬無き」right before it be not modifying any noun phrase as in 「遣る瀬無き恋」? Why was「遣る瀬無し」or「遣る瀬無さ」not opted for here?
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classical-japanese
「の」followed by 「...なき」
In classical Japanese, the 終助詞 「か」 and 「かな」 are always preceded by the 連体形.
E.g.,

> 限りなく遠くも来にけるかな。

(Side note: The classical meaning of 「かな」 is slightly different from the
modern one. It is more like 「だなあ」.)

So, parsing those lyrics:

> ［［［［［［開いたばかりの花］が散る］の］を見ていた］木立］の遣る瀬無き］かな。

That final の is actually a GA-NO converted が, which is [allowed because the
clause is in its
連体形](https://web.archive.org/web/20170811024526/http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~hiraiwa/PDF/Hiraiwa_NGC_MITWPL39.pdf).
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