Sugite yuku hakaze natsukashi uguisu ni nazusaikeri na ume no tachie ni

過ぎて行く羽風なつかし鶯に
なづさひけりな梅の立枝に

Roma-ji: Sugite yuku hakaze natsukashi uguisu ni nazusaikeri na ume no tachie ni
English Translation: How dear is the breeze
of its wings as it flies past!
Close to the warbler
it has been, so I find,
on the plum's tall-reaching bough.
Meaning: How dear the breeze of the warbler's wings as it passes by! It has been close to the warbler, there on the tall branch of the plum.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 994

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
How dear the breeze of the warbler's wings as it passes; it has been close to the warbler on the tall branch of the plum, the poet says, feeling in the wingbeat breeze of the warbler that perches on the plum a trace of the plum's own scent.

First line, “sugite yuku”: passing by; a line of six syllables.
Second line, “hakaze natsukashi”: hakaze is the breeze of beating wings; natsukashi, dear; the poem breaks here.
Third line, “uguisu ni”: to the warbler.
Fourth line, “nazusaikeri na”: nazusau is to grow close; na is exclamatory; the poem breaks here too.
Fifth line, “ume no tachie ni”: tachie is a tall-reaching branch; inverted to follow the fourth line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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