Mukashi yori chirasanu yado no ume no hana wakuru kokoro wa iro ni miyuramu - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

昔より散らさぬ宿の梅の花
分くる心は色に見ゆらむ

Roma-ji: Mukashi yori chirasanu yado no ume no hana wakuru kokoro wa iro ni miyuramu
English Translation: The plum blossoms
of a house that never let them scatter
since days long ago:
the heart that shares them now
shows, surely, in their color
Meaning: These are blossoms from a house that has never let its plum be scattered since long ago; surely the heart that now shares them with you shows in their color.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 30

Headnote: "Sent to Shunzei, Master of the Empress Dowager's Household, tied to a layering branch in bloom around the Second Month of the following year, having promised to send him a layering branch of the red plum at Naka-no-in"
Having promised Fujiwara no Shunzei a layering branch from the red plum at the Naka-no-in residence, the poet sent this poem around the Second Month of the following year, tied to such a branch in bloom. He says that his goodwill in sharing with Shunzei alone a plum his house had never let be scattered elsewhere will surely show in the color of the red blossoms. Overlaying the blossoms' color with the color of the heart, he expresses his warmth toward Shunzei.
The author, "Major Counselor Sadafusa," is Minamoto no Sadafusa, son of Provisional Middle Counselor Minamoto no Masakane, who was adopted by Minister of the Right Minamoto no Masasada and rose to Major Counselor.
The second line of the main text reads "chiraramu yado no," which does not match "chirasanu yado no" in the reading line. Since the main text does not make sense as written, the poem is interpreted here according to the reading line.

First line, "mukashi yori": "since long ago," showing that the house has long cherished its plum.
Second line, "chirasanu yado no": "of the house that has not let them scatter," neither letting the blossoms fall nor dispersing them to others.
Third line, "ume no hana": refers to the branch of red plum he sent.
Fourth line, "wakuru kokoro wa": "wakuru" means to share or give out, referring to his kindness in sharing with Shunzei the plum he had long kept.
Fifth line, "iro ni miyuramu": "iro" layers the color of the red plum with the "color" of feeling that shows outwardly, and the conjectural "ramu" gives "it will surely show."
Author: Minamoto no Sadafusa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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