Onajiku wa tsuki no ori sake yamazakura hana miru yowa no taema araseji

同じくは月の折咲け山桜
花見る夜半の絶え間あらせじ

Roma-ji: Onajiku wa tsuki no ori sake yamazakura hana miru yowa no taema araseji
English Translation: If it's all the same,
bloom when the moon is bright, you,
cherry of the hills,
so that through the nights I view you
there will be no break at all.
Meaning: If you must bloom, mountain cherry, bloom when the moon is bright, so that there will be no break in the nights for viewing your blossoms.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 996

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
If you must bloom, mountain cherry, bloom when the moon is bright, so there will be no break in the nights of viewing your blossoms, the poet says, voicing the wish of Saigyō, who loved both blossom and moon, to watch the flowers day and night.

First line, “onajiku wa”: if it is all the same.
Second line, “tsuki no ori sake”: bloom when the moon is out, an imperative.
Third line, “yamazakura”: a call to the mountain cherry; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “hana miru yowa no”: of the nights of viewing the blossoms.
Fifth line, “taema araseji”: ji is negative intention; I will let there be no break.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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