Yado ni aru sakura no hana wa ima mo kamo matsukaze hayami tsuchi ni chiruramu

やどにある桜の花は今もかも
松風早み地に散るらむ

Roma-ji: Yado ni aru sakura no hana wa ima mo kamo matsukaze hayami tsuchi ni chiruramu
English Translation: The cherry blossoms
that bloom there in your garden:
even now, perhaps,
blown by the swift wind through pines,
are they scattering to the ground?
Meaning: The cherry blossoms in your garden: even now, are they falling to the ground, blown by the fierce wind through the pines?
Commentary: Book Eight Spring Love Poems 1458

Headnote: "A poem sent by Prince Atsumi to Lady Kume"
The poet wonders whether the cherry blossoms in his lady's garden are being scattered now by a fierce wind through the pines. The cherry is taken as a figure for the woman herself, and the poem is read as hinting at his suspicion that her heart may have changed.
The author, Prince Atsumi, was a member of the imperial family in the Nara period. His lineage is unclear, but he is known to have reached the Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade. The recipient, Lady Kume, is a woman about whom little is known.

The first line means "that are in your garden." The next poem, 1459, answers with the same line, so the two poems of the exchange face each other over the same cherry tree.
The second line names the cherry that stands for the woman.
The third line, containing the particle "ka," expresses the surmise "even now, perhaps," corresponding with "ramu" in the final line.
The fourth line, in the pattern "... o ... mi," means "because the wind through the pines is fierce."
The final line, with the present conjectural "ramu," imagines them falling to the ground now, laying his fear of her change of heart over the falling blossoms.
Author: Prince Atsumi
Source: Manyoshu
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