Kakigoshi ni miru adabito no iezakura hana chiri bakari yukite oraba ya - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

垣越しに見るあだ人の家桜
花散りばかり行きて折らばや

Roma-ji: Kakigoshi ni miru adabito no iezakura hana chiri bakari yukite oraba ya
English Translation: Over the hedge there
I see that fickle one's house,
with its cherry tree:
till its blossoms all scatter
I would go and break a spray.
Meaning: The cherry of that fickle one's house, which I see over the hedge—I would like to go and break its branches, enough to make the blossoms scatter.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1451

Headnote: "Sent when dispatching someone to break off cherry blossoms from the house of the Kan'in Major Captain of the Left, while I was residing at the Horikawa Palace."
This is the first poem of the sequence on the cherry. The emperor says he would like to go and break branches of the cherry at the house of a fickle neighbor, enough to make the blossoms scatter. According to the headnote, it accompanied a messenger sent to break off cherry blossoms at the house of the Kan'in Major Captain of the Left while Retired Emperor En'yū was living at the Horikawa Palace.
The author, "the Poem of Retired Emperor En'yū," is Emperor En'yū. A son of Emperor Murakami, he succeeded to the throne on the abdication of his elder brother, Emperor Reizei, and later yielded it to Emperor Kazan.
The "Kan'in Major Captain of the Left" of the headnote is Fujiwara no Asateru. The son of Regent Fujiwara no Kanemichi, he lived at the Kan'in mansion and became Major Captain of the Left Palace Guards and Major Counselor. The Horikawa Palace was Kanemichi's mansion, which also served as Emperor En'yū's temporary palace.
Asateru's reply to this poem is placed as the next poem.

The first line, "kakigoshi ni," means seeing across a hedge. It describes gazing at the cherry from a neighboring residence.
In the second line, "miru adabito no," "adabito" means a fickle or inconstant person. The emperor playfully calls Asateru by this name.
The third line, "iezakura," is a cherry planted at a house. The poem breaks after the third line, taking the form of an address.
The fourth line, "hana chiri bakari," means "enough to make the blossoms scatter," a playful phrase about breaking off the cherry without restraint.
In the last line, "yukite oraba ya," "baya" is a final particle of desire, meaning "I would like to go and break them." It conveys the wish for the blossoms with a touch of jest.
Author: Retired Emperor En'yu
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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