Sakura saku yomo no yamabe o kanuru ma ni nodoka ni hana o minu kokochi suru

桜咲く四方の山辺をかぬる間に
のどかに花を見ぬ心地する

Roma-ji: Sakura saku yomo no yamabe o kanuru ma ni nodoka ni hana o minu kokochi suru
English Translation: While my heart is spread
over hillsides all around
where the cherries bloom,
it seems that I never yet
have looked at them at my ease.
Meaning: As my heart reaches out to the cherry-blooming hillsides on every side at once, I feel I have never looked at the blossoms in peace.
Commentary: Spring Poems 75

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When composing many poems on cherry blossoms"
Trying to attend to the cherry-covered mountains in every direction at once, the poet feels that he has not looked calmly at any of the blossoms.
The heart that in the preceding poem wished to divide itself and see the flowers of every mountain turns here to the lament that, by reaching for all, it can savor none to the full. The two poems portray, like two sides of a coin, the grasping heart and the heart never satisfied.

First line, “sakura saku”: where the cherries bloom.
Second line, “yomo no yamabe o”: the hillsides in every direction, echoing yorozu no yama of the preceding poem.
Third line, “kanuru ma ni”: kanu means to turn one's mind to several things at once.
Fourth line, “nodoka ni hana o”: the blossoms, calmly and at leisure.
Fifth line, “minu kokochi suru”: I feel I have not seen them, closing on the dissatisfaction of trying to see everything.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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