Kokoro sen shizu ga kakine no ume wa ayana yoshinaku suguru hito todomekeri

心せん賤が垣根の梅はあやな
よしなく過ぐる人とどめけり

Roma-ji: Kokoro sen shizu ga kakine no ume wa ayana yoshinaku suguru hito todomekeri
English Translation: I must take great care:
the plum by the humble hedge,
without reason, look,
even those who pass with no
cause to stop, it holds them back.
Meaning: I must be careful. The plum by this humble hedge, for no good reason, has stopped even people who were only passing by.
Commentary: Spring Poems 36

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Plum blossoms at a mountain dwelling"
This is the second poem on plum at a mountain dwelling. The plum blooming at the hedge of a humble house, by its fragrance, stops even people who were simply passing by with no business there, so the poet says he must be on his guard.
Where the preceding poem waited for visitors drawn by the scent, this one warns against a plum that halts passers-by enough to disturb a quiet life. The two poems set side by side the two feelings of one who lives in the mountains: wishing for visitors, and wishing to avoid them.

First line, “kokoro sen”: I must be careful, with a break after the first line.
Second line, “shizu ga kakine no”: by the hedge of a lowly person's house, meaning the humble mountain dwelling.
Third line, “ume wa ayana”: ayana means unreasonable, without sense, a line with an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “yoshinaku suguru”: passing by for no reason, with no business.
Fifth line, “hito todomekeri”: it has stopped even the passer-by, closing with keri of realization.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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