Wa ga yado no ume no shizue ni asobitsutsu uguisu naku mo chiramaku oshimi

我がやどの梅の下枝に遊びつつ
鴬鳴くも散らまく惜しみ

Roma-ji: Wa ga yado no ume no shizue ni asobitsutsu uguisu naku mo chiramaku oshimi
English Translation: In my garden here,
on the lower boughs of plum,
flitting about in play,
the warbler is singing,
grieving that the blooms will fall
Meaning: Playing among the lower branches of the plum in my garden, the warbler sings, grieving that the blossoms will fall.
Commentary: Book Five Miscellaneous Poems 842

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thirty-two poems on plum blossoms, with preface"
The poet says the warbler sings as it plays on the plum's lower branches, grieving that the blossoms will fall. He uses the same phrases as 824, rearranging their order to continue the thread.
This is one of the thirty-two poems of the Plum Blossom Banquet, held on the thirteenth day of the first month of Tenpyō 2, when officials of Dazaifu and provincial governors of Kyushu gathered at the residence of the Governor-General Ōtomo no Tabito and composed poems on the plum trees in his garden. The Chinese preface describes how, in the auspicious first month of early spring, the air was fine and the breeze gentle, the plums opened white like face powder before a mirror, and the orchids gave off a scent like a perfume sachet; it is also famous as the source of the era name Reiwa. The preface closes by proposing that, just as Chinese poetry has its pieces on falling plum blossoms, the company should compose short poems on the garden plums. The poem is signed "Secretary of Satsuma Kō-shi Ama."
The poet, Kōshi no Ama, was an official serving as secretary of Satsuma Province.

First line, "wa ga yado no": the garden of the house where the banquet is held.
Second line, "ume no shizue ni": like the last line of 827, "to the lower boughs of plum," the warbler coming down to the lower branches.
Third line, "asobitsutsu": the warbler playing as it hops from branch to branch, mirroring the guests at play.
Fourth line, "uguisu naku mo": the same line as the last of 824; the poem breaks here.
Fifth line, "chiramaku oshimi": the second line of 824, moved by inversion to the end, giving the warbler's reason for singing as regret for the falling blossoms.
Author: Kōshi no Ama
Source: Manyoshu
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