Ka o tomen hito ni koso mate yamazato no kakine no ume no chiranu kagiri wa

香をとめん人にこそ待て山里の
垣根の梅の散らぬ限りは

Roma-ji: Ka o tomen hito ni koso mate yamazato no kakine no ume no chiranu kagiri wa
English Translation: Those seeking the scent,
those are the ones I'll wait for,
in the mountain hamlet,
while the plum along the hedge
has not yet let its petals fall.
Meaning: I will wait for those who come seeking the fragrance, so long as the plum by my hedge in this mountain village has not scattered.
Commentary: Spring Poems 35

Headnote: "Plum blossoms at a mountain dwelling"
This begins three poems on plum blossoms at a mountain dwelling. Though visitors rarely come to the mountain village, while the plum by the hedge is in bloom someone may come in search of its fragrance, so the poet resolves to wait for that person.
Plum fragrance was thought to lure people, and the thought of waiting for someone guided by the scent adds a faint hope to the loneliness of the mountain village.

First line, “ka o tomen”: will come seeking the scent; tomu means to seek out.
Second line, “hito ni koso mate”: the emphatic koso forms a kakari-musubi with the perfective form mate, those are the ones I'll wait for, with a break after the second line.
Third line, “yamazato no”: of the mountain village, modifying the hedge, a place few visit.
Fourth line, “kakine no ume no”: the plum blooming by the hedge of the mountain house.
Fifth line, “chiranu kagiri wa”: as long as it does not scatter, giving in inverted order how long the waiting lasts.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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