Ume no hana mi ni koso kitsure uguisu no hitoku hitoku to itoishi mo oru - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

梅の花見にこそ来つれ鶯の
ひとくひとくと厭ひしもをる

Roma-ji: Ume no hana mi ni koso kitsure uguisu no hitoku hitoku to itoishi mo oru
English Translation: The plum in blossom
was all I had come to see,
yet the warbler cries
"someone's coming, someone's coming,"
as though it cannot bear me
Meaning: I came only to see the plum blossoms, yet the bush warbler keeps crying "hitoku, hitoku," someone's coming, someone's coming, as if it could not bear my being here.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Forms 1011

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
This book gathers poems in miscellaneous forms: long poems, sedōka, and haikai poems, and the haikai poems begin here. Haikai poems are marked by humor, wit, and colloquial diction. The poet hears the warbler's call as "hitoku" and takes it as "hito ku," someone's coming, joking that though he came only to see the blossoms, the bird resents his presence. Built on the playful hearing of a bird's cry, it is a light and fitting opening for the haikai section.
The author is unknown and is recorded as "Anonymous."

First line, "Ume no hana," names the plum blossom, the classic spring companion of the warbler.
Second line, "mi ni koso kitsure," pairs "koso" with the perfective form "tsure," creating a concessive turn: I came to see, and yet.
Third line, "uguisu no," marks the warbler as the subject of what follows.
Fourth line, "hitoku hitoku to," is a pivot word joining the heard call of the warbler and "hito ku," someone's coming.
Fifth line, "itoishi mo oru," uses the emphatic particles "shi" and "mo": the bird is thoroughly averse. The warbler is personified as avoiding people.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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