Miru hito ni hana mo mukashi o omoiidete koishikaru beshi ame ni shioruru

見る人に花も昔を思ひ出でて
恋しかるべし雨にしをるる

Roma-ji: Miru hito ni hana mo mukashi o omoiidete koishikaru beshi ame ni shioruru
English Translation: Like those who view them,
the flowers too must recall
the days long ago,
and must surely long for them,
wilting there in falling rain.
Meaning: Like those who come to see them, the blossoms too must remember the old days and long for them, drooping as they do in the rain.
Commentary: Spring Poems 101

Headnote: "The ladies of Jōsaimon'in went to view the blossoms at Hosshōji, but rain fell and they returned at dusk. The next day, thinking they must have recalled the imperial blossom outings of old, I sent this to Lady Hyōe, saying it was what I had wished to tell them"
According to the headnote, the ladies serving Jōsaimon'in went to view the blossoms at Hosshōji, but rain began to fall and as dusk came they returned. The next day, thinking that they must have been recalling the imperial blossom outings of the past, the poet sent this poem to Lady Hyōe, saying it was what he had wished to tell them.
As the viewers long for the past, the poet imagines that the blossoms drooping in the rain must also yearn for days gone by, likening the flowers to people. The charm lies in seeing the rain-soaked blossoms as tears for the past, and the poem forms an exchange with Hyōe's reply in the next poem.

First line, “miru hito ni”: like those who look at them.
Second line, “hana mo mukashi o”: the flowers too, the past, likening the blossoms to people.
Third line, “omoiidete”: remembering, a line with an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “koishikaru beshi”: beshi is confident conjecture, they must surely long for it, with a break after the fourth line.
Fifth line, “ame ni shioruru”: drooping in the rain, ending on the attributive form and presenting the wilted blossoms as weeping for the past.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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