Momoshiki no ōmiyabito wa itoma are ya ume o kazashite koko ni tsudoeru

ももしきの大宮人は暇あれや
梅をかざしてここに集へる

Roma-ji: Momoshiki no ōmiyabito wa itoma are ya ume o kazashite koko ni tsudoeru
English Translation: Built of countless stones,
the palace courtiers, it seems,
must have time to spare,
for with plum blooms in their hair
here they have gathered today.
Meaning: Do the courtiers of the great palace have time to spare? With plum blossoms in their hair, they have gathered here.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1883

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "An Outing in the Fields"
This poem depicts courtiers gathered in the fields with plum blossoms in their hair, and it closes the group of outing poems. The question "do they have time to spare?" carries a slightly teasing gaze from a poet watching the elegant spring pleasures of the court. Like the courtiers wearing willow garlands in 1852, it depicts the spring customs of the court.

The first line, "momoshiki no," is a pillow word for "palace," the same opening as 1852.
The second line, "the palace people," refers to those who serve at court.
In the third line, "itoma are ya," "ya" is an interrogative particle in kakari-musubi with "tsudoeru" in the last line: is it because they have leisure?
In the fourth line, "wearing plum in their hair," "kazasu" means to put flowers or sprigs in the hair, the same custom as "waga kazasu" in 1856.
In the last line, "koko ni tsudoeru," "ru" is the attributive form of the continuative "ri," answering "ya," closing with the image of people gathered in enjoyment.
Source: Manyoshu
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