Ume no hana sakite no nochi no mi nareba ya sukimono to nomi hito no iuramu - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

梅の花咲きての後のみなればや
すきものとのみ人の言ふらむ

Roma-ji: Ume no hana sakite no nochi no mi nareba ya sukimono to nomi hito no iuramu
English Translation: Since I am the fruit
that comes after the blossoms
of the plum have bloomed,
is that why people only say
that I'm a sour, amorous one?
Meaning: Is it because I am the fruit that follows the plum blossoms that people keep calling me "sukimono," something sour, a lover of love?
Commentary: Book Nineteen Miscellaneous Forms 1066

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Since plums are sour, the poet puns on "sukimono," a sour thing and an amorous person, and on "mi," fruit and self, excusing a reputation for amorousness by likening himself to a plum. Like 1011 at the head of the haikai poems in this book, it opens with "ume no hana."
The author is unknown and is recorded as "Anonymous."

First line, "Ume no hana," is the same opening as 1011 at the head of the haikai section, answering it in the arrangement.
Second line, "sakite no nochi no," means after the blossoms have bloomed.
Third line, "mi nareba ya," is a pivot word joining "mi," the fruit of the plum, and "mi," my self, with interrogative "ya."
Fourth line, "sukimono to nomi," is a pivot word joining "suki mono," a sour thing, and "sukimono," an amorous person.
Fifth line, "hito no iuramu," uses causal "ramu," attributive in response to "ya."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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