Hikiyojite oraba chirubemi ume no hana sode ni kokiiretsu shimaba shimu tomo

引き攀ぢて折らば散るべみ梅の花
袖に扱入れつ染まば染むとも

Roma-ji: Hikiyojite oraba chirubemi ume no hana sode ni kokiiretsu shimaba shimu tomo
English Translation: Pulling the branch down,
if I broke it they would fall,
so the plum blossoms
I have stripped into my sleeve:
let it be stained if it will
Meaning: Afraid the plum blossoms would scatter if I pulled the branch down to break it, I stripped them into my sleeve; let it be stained with their color if it will.
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Miscellaneous Poems 1644

Headnote: "A poem on the plum by Mino no Muraji Iwamori"
Fearing that the plum blossoms would scatter if he pulled the branch down and broke it, the poet stripped them into his sleeve, saying the sleeve may be stained with their color if it will. His tenderness for the blossoms and wish to keep them on his person are expressed through the bold act of putting them in his sleeve.
The author, Mino no Iwamori, is said to have been at Dazaifu as an attendant of Ōtomo no Tabito.

The first line means "pulling the branch toward me."
The second line means "since they would likely fall if I broke it."
The third line names the plum blossoms he put in his sleeve.
The fourth line, with the perfective "tsu," states that he stripped them into his sleeve, and the poem pauses here.
The final line, "let it be stained if it will," shows that he does not mind the flowers' color passing to him. Kasa no Kanamura's 1532 in this book likewise sings that brushing against bush clover would surely dye one's robe with its color.
Author: Mino no Iwamori
Source: Manyoshu
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