Taga sono no ume ni ka arikemu kokodaku mo sakite aru ka mo mi ga hoshi made ni

誰が園の梅にかありけむここだくも
咲きてあるかも見が欲しまでに

Roma-ji: Taga sono no ume ni ka arikemu kokodaku mo sakite aru ka mo mi ga hoshi made ni
English Translation: In whose garden, then,
was that plum tree growing there?
In such great number
how the blossoms are in bloom,
till I long so just to see!
Meaning: Whose garden's plum could it be? It is blooming in such profusion that I long to see it.
Commentary: Book Ten Winter Miscellaneous Poems 2327

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem marvels at plum blossoms blooming so profusely that one longs to see them, asking whose garden's plum they are. Like 2325 it sings of "taga sono no ume," but whereas that poem asked about plum scattering in the moonlight, this one asks about plum in full bloom, contrasting falling and blooming plum.

The first line, "whose garden's," is the same opening as 2325.
In the second line, "ume ni ka arikemu," "ka" is a question and "kemu" past conjecture: was it plum? The poem breaks here.
The third line, "kokodaku mo," means so many.
In the fourth line, "sakite aru ka mo," "ka mo" is exclamatory.
The last line, "till I long to see," names the degree.
Source: Manyoshu
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