Waga seko ni misemu to omoishi ume no hana sore to mo miezu yuki no furereba - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が背子に見せむと思ひし梅の花
それとも見えず雪の降れれば

Roma-ji: Waga seko ni misemu to omoishi ume no hana sore to mo miezu yuki no furereba
English Translation: To my dear beloved
I had thought to show them, but
the blossoms of plum
cannot be told apart at all,
for the snow has fallen deep
Meaning: The plum blossoms I meant to show my beloved can no longer be told apart, for snow has fallen over them.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 22

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The plum blossoms the poet meant to show a beloved are lost among the fallen snow and can no longer be distinguished. In the scene where the white of the plum melts into the white of the snow, the poet sets the regret of being unable to show them.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The same poem appears in Book Eight of the Man'yōshū, attributed to Yamabe no Akahito.

The first line, "To my dear beloved," addresses someone dear.
In the second line, "mu" expresses intention: "I had thought to show."
The third line, "the blossoms of plum," begins a sequence of plum poems, which continues in this book from 23 through 27.
The fourth line, "cannot be told apart at all," means one cannot tell which are the plum blossoms, depicting white plum and snow confused. The poem pauses here.
The last line, "for the snow has fallen deep," is an inversion giving the reason they cannot be distinguished.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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