Sode tarete iza waga sono ni uguisu no kozutai chirasu ume no hana mi ni

袖垂れていざ我が園に鴬の
木伝ひ散らす梅の花見に

Roma-ji: Sode tarete iza waga sono ni uguisu no kozutai chirasu ume no hana mi ni
English Translation: With your sleeves hanging,
come now, to my garden come,
where the warblers
flit through the boughs and scatter
plum blossoms, come and see
Meaning: Come, with your sleeves hanging at ease, to my garden, to see the plum blossoms the warblers scatter as they flit from branch to branch.
Commentary: Book Nineteen 4277

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Six poems composed at imperial command at the banquet of the Niiname Festival on the twenty-fifth day"
The fifth poem at the Niiname banquet, it invites the company to a flower-viewing next spring: come, with sleeves hanging at ease, to my garden, to see the plum blossoms the warblers scatter as they flit from branch to branch.
Though the banquet is in the eleventh month of winter, the poem imagines the coming spring's plum and warblers, broadening the mood of the feast toward spring. The left note says, "The above poem: Fujiwara no Ason Nagate, Governor of Yamato."
The poet, Fujiwara no Nagate, was a son of Fujiwara no Fusasaki and elder brother of Yatsuka. At this time Governor of Yamato, he later rose to Minister of the Left.

First line, "sode tarete" (with sleeves hanging), shows a relaxed, easy bearing.
Second line, "iza waga sono ni" (come, to my garden): "iza" is an invitation.
Third line, "uguisu no" (the warbler's), names the bird that heralds spring.
Fourth line, "kozutai chirasu" (flitting through the boughs and scattering): "kozutau" means to move from branch to branch.
Fifth line, "ume no hana mi ni" (to see the plum blossoms), gives the purpose of the invitation last.
Author: Fujiwara no Nagate
Source: Manyoshu
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