Waga yado no niwa no akihagi chirinumeri nochi mimu hito ya kuyashi to omowamu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

わが宿の庭の秋萩散りぬめり
後見む人やくやしと思はむ

Roma-ji: Waga yado no niwa no akihagi chirinumeri nochi mimu hito ya kuyashi to omowamu
English Translation: In my garden here
the bush clover of autumn
has scattered, it seems—
will those who come to see it later
feel the pang of their regret
Meaning: The autumn bush clover in my garden seems to have scattered—will those who meant to see it later feel regret?
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 299

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet says the autumn bush clover in his garden seems already to have scattered, and wonders whether those who meant to come and see it later will feel regret. By thinking of those who will miss its bloom, he expresses his sorrow at the flowers' falling.
From 298 to 300, three poems on autumn bush clover stand together under the headnote "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet, called "Muneyuki no Ason," is Minamoto no Muneyuki. A son of Prince Koretada, himself a son of Emperor Kōkō, he was given the surname Minamoto and became a subject. He rose to Master of the Western Capital Office and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. His "yamazato wa fuyu zo sabishisa masarikeru" is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

The first line, "Waga yado no," means "of my house." 305 of this book opens with the same line.
The second line, "niwa no akihagi," means "the autumn bush clover of the garden," turning from the bush clover of the fields in the preceding poem to that of a garden.
In the third line, "meri" is an auxiliary of inference: "it seems to have scattered." The poem pauses here.
In the fourth line, "mu" expresses intent and "ya" is an interrogative particle: "those who mean to see it later."
In the last line, "mu," the attributive form of the conjectural auxiliary, completes the kakarimusubi pattern with "ya" in the fourth line: "will they feel regret?"
Author: Minamoto no Muneyuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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