Oshinabete hana no sakari ni narinikeri yama no ha goto ni kakaru shirakumo

おしなべて花の盛りになりにけり
山の端ごとにかかる白雲

Roma-ji: Oshinabete hana no sakari ni narinikeri yama no ha goto ni kakaru shirakumo
English Translation: Everywhere alike,
to the fullness of their bloom
the flowers have come:
on each and every mountain's rim
the white clouds are hanging there.
Meaning: Everywhere alike the blossoms have reached their height: along the rim of every mountain hang white clouds.
Commentary: Spring Poems 64

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When composing many poems on cherry blossoms"
The poem depicts a scene in which every mountain as far as the eye can see has burst into full bloom at once. What look like white clouds hanging along each ridgeline are all cherries in full flower, and the poet takes in the distant view on a grand scale.
By seeing the white clouds on the mountains as cherry blossoms, the poem paints the expanse of full bloom on a majestic scale. This poem was included in the Senzai Wakashū.

First line, “oshinabete”: all alike, everywhere.
Second line, “hana no sakari ni”: to the time when the cherries are in full bloom.
Third line, “narinikeri”: it has become so, keri of realization with a break after the third line.
Fourth line, “yama no ha goto ni”: along every ridgeline, using the same yama no ha as the first line of 2.
Fifth line, “kakaru shirakumo”: the poem closes on a noun, revealing that what seem white clouds on the ridges are the blossoms in full flower.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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