Harukaze no fukiokosemu ni sakurabana tonari kurushiku nushi ya omowan

春風の吹きおこせむに桜花
隣苦しく主や思はん

Roma-ji: Harukaze no fukiokosemu ni sakurabana tonari kurushiku nushi ya omowan
English Translation: If the breeze of spring
should blow the cherry blossoms
over to next door,
might their owner come to think
having a neighbor is hard?
Meaning: If the spring breeze were to blow the cherry blossoms over next door, would their owner begin to resent having a neighbor at all?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1168

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the night of Kōshin... the Gosenshū, linked to the cherry"
From the same Kōshin-night topics, this is the Gosenshū linked to the cherry. If the spring wind blows the petals into the house next door, might the owner of the tree come to resent having a neighbor, as though the blossoms were being taken? the poet asks.
The owner's regret for his blossoms is humorously cast as a matter between neighbors. It seems to entrust to the cherry the light touch of the Gosenshū, which sang of the small turns of daily life.

First line, “harukaze no”: the spring wind.
Second line, “fukiokosemu ni”: if it should blow them across; mu expresses a supposition.
Third line, “sakurabana”: the cherry blossoms in question.
Fourth line, “tonari kurushiku”: finding the neighbor a trial, regretting the petals that fall next door.
Fifth line, “nushi ya omowan”: ya questions, answered by the attributive n, "might the owner think so?"
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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