Haru sugite chirihatenikeru ume no hana tada kabakari zo eda ni nokoreru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春過ぎて散りはてにける梅の花
ただかばかりぞ枝に残れる

Roma-ji: Haru sugite chirihatenikeru ume no hana tada kabakari zo eda ni nokoreru
English Translation: Spring has passed away,
and the blossoms of the plum
have all fallen now;
only this much, just their scent,
lingers still upon the branch.
Meaning: Spring is past and the plum blossoms have all fallen; only this much, only their fragrance, still lingers on the branch.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1063

Headnote: "When he was living on Mount Hiei and someone asked him for incense, he sent a little of what he had, attached to a plum branch on which a few blossoms still remained"
The poet says that of the plum blossoms that have fallen away now that spring is past, only this much, only their fragrance, remains on the branch. The headnote shows that when he was living on Mount Hiei and someone asked him for incense, he sent a little of what he had, attached to a plum branch with a few blossoms still clinging to it. Pivoting on "kabakari," "only fragrance" and "only this much," he humbly offers the scant incense as if it were the lingering scent of the plum.
The author, the monk Nyokaku, is Fujiwara no Takamitsu, a son of Fujiwara no Morosuke. A Lesser Captain of the Right Inner Palace Guards, he took holy orders on Mount Hiei and later moved to Tōnomine. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "haru sugite," means "spring having passed."
Second line, "chirihatenikeru," means "that have fallen away completely," with "ni" perfective and "keru" the attributive form of the past auxiliary "keri."
Third line, "ume no hana," means "of the plum blossoms," answering, as plum blossoms fallen away, the run of plum poems from 1005 to 1014 in this book.
Fourth line, "tada kabakari zo," means "only this much, only the fragrance," with "kabakari" a pivot word on "ka bakari," "only fragrance," and "kabakari," "this much." The binding particle "zo" is resolved by the attributive form "ru" in the final line.
Final line, "eda ni nokoreru," means "remains on the branch," with "ru" the attributive form of the auxiliary "ri."
Author: Fujiwara no Takamitsu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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