Tare ka kono kazu wa sadameshi ware wa tada toe to zo omou yamabuki no hana - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

誰かこの数は定めし我はただ
とへとぞ思ふ山吹の花

Roma-ji: Tare ka kono kazu wa sadameshi ware wa tada toe to zo omou yamabuki no hana
English Translation: Who was it that fixed
the number of these petals?
As for me, I would
have them ten-fold — come to me —
O flowers of the yamabuki
Meaning: Who fixed the number of these petals at eight? As for me, I only wish they were tenfold — that is, I wish you would come to me, flowers of the yamabuki.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 281

Before double-flowered yamabuki, the poet asks who decided its petals should be eightfold, and says she would rather they were "toe" (tenfold) — that is, "toe" (come and visit). Playing "tenfold" against "visit me," she wraps in wit the longing of one waiting for a man whose visits have grown rare.
The author is known as the writer of the Kagero Diary, and often sang of the grief of waiting for her husband, Fujiwara no Kaneie, to visit.

The first line, "tare ka kono," poses a question with "ka."
The second line, "kazu wa sadameshi," closes "ka" with the attributive past "shi," a kakari-musubi asking who fixed the number, with a break after the second line. It refers to the petals of the double-flowered yamabuki.
The third line, "ware wa tada" (as for me), singles out the speaker with "wa," giving her own wish in answer to the question.
The fourth line, "toe to zo omou," is a pivot word joining "toe" (tenfold), set against eightfold, with "toe" (come and visit), and declares it firmly in a kakari-musubi of "zo" and the attributive "omou."
The final line, "yamabuki no hana," ends with a noun, as if calling out to the double-flowered yamabuki.
Author: The Mother of Fujiwara no Michitsuna
Source: Shika Wakashu
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