Kumo mo kakare hana to o haru wa mite sugin izure no yama mo ada ni omowade

雲もかかれ花とを春は見て過ぎん
いづれの山もあだに思はで

Roma-ji: Kumo mo kakare hana to o haru wa mite sugin izure no yama mo ada ni omowade
English Translation: Let the clouds hang there;
in spring I'll see them as flowers
and go on my way,
thinking lightly of no peak,
not a single one of them.
Meaning: Let clouds hang there if they will; in spring I will see them as blossoms and pass on, thinking lightly of no mountain at all.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 989

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
Let clouds hang if they will; in spring I will see them as blossoms and pass on, thinking lightly of no mountain, the poet says. Using the likening of clouds and blossoms, he takes every cloud on the spring hills as flowers and resolves to cherish every mountain. It takes up the clouds-as-blossoms conceit of 987.

First line, “kumo mo kakare”: an imperative of permission, let clouds hang; a line of six syllables.
Second line, “hana to o haru wa”: as blossoms, in spring.
Third line, “mite sugin”: n expresses intention; I will look and pass on; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “izure no yama mo”: every mountain.
Fifth line, “ada ni omowade”: ada is careless; not thinking lightly of any, inverted to follow the third line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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