Waga yado no ume no tachie ya mietsuran omoi no hoka ni kimi ga kimaseru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

わが宿の梅の立ち枝や見えつらん
思ひのほかに君が来ませる

Roma-ji: Waga yado no ume no tachie ya mietsuran omoi no hoka ni kimi ga kimaseru
English Translation: The plum by my house,
could its tall branches have been
seen from far away?
Beyond all expectation
you have come to visit me.
Meaning: Could the tall branches of the plum by my house have been seen from afar? Quite unexpectedly, you have come to visit.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 15

Headnote: "On a painting for a folding screen of the Reizei Retired Emperor, showing a guest arriving at a house with plum blossoms"
Delighted at an unexpected visit, the host wonders whether the tall branches of the plum in the garden were seen from afar and drew the guest here. Built on the idea that people come for the sake of the plum blossoms, the poem entrusts the joy of the visit to the flowers. According to the headnote, it accompanied a painting on a screen for the Reizei Retired Emperor depicting a guest arriving at a house with plum blossoms.
Taira no Kanemori was a poet of the mid-Heian period, of the line of Emperor Kōkō; as a son of Prince Atsuyuki he received the surname Taira. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "waga yado no," is the same as in poem 9 of this book, beginning from the plum of the poet's own house.
Second line, "ume no tachie ya," refers to tall, upward-reaching branches; the interrogative "ya" is resolved by "ran" in the third line.
Third line, "mietsuran," with "tsu" for completion and "ran" for present conjecture, wonders "could they have been seen?" The poem pauses after the third line.
Fourth line, "omoi no hoka ni," means "unexpectedly," marking the sudden arrival of the guest in the painting.
Final line, "kimi ga kimaseru," uses the honorific auxiliary "masu" to show respect to the visitor.
Author: Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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