Kite mibeki hito mo araji na waga yado no ume no hatsuhana oritsukushi temu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

来て見べき人もあらじな我が宿の
梅の初花折りつくしてむ

Roma-ji: Kite mibeki hito mo araji na waga yado no ume no hatsuhana oritsukushi temu
English Translation: Someone who should come
to see them there will be none;
so of my own house
the first blossoms of the plum
I shall break off, every one
Meaning: There will surely be no one coming to see them, so I shall break off every one of the first plum blossoms at my house.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 23

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown."
Since no one will likely come to see the plum blossoms, the poet resolves to break off every one of the first blossoms at home. The loneliness of waiting for a visitor turns into a reckless wish to keep the flowers all to oneself.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

In the first line, "beki" expresses expectation: "who should come to see."
In the second line, "ji" is negative conjecture and "na" a sigh, as the poet lonely surmises that no such person exists. The poem pauses here.
The third line, "of my own house," means "at my home." Poem 26 in this book likewise begins "the first plum blossoms of my house."
The fourth line, "the first blossoms of the plum," names the plum flowers that open first that year.
In the last line, "temu" expresses firm intention to break off every blossom. The next poem, 24, places the same "I shall break off every one" in its second line, forming a pair.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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