Harukaze wa fukedo fukanedo ume no hana sakeru atari wa shiruku zo arikeru

春風は吹けど吹かねど梅の花
咲けるあたりはしるくぞありける

Roma-ji: Harukaze wa fukedo fukanedo ume no hana sakeru atari wa shiruku zo arikeru
English Translation: Whether the spring wind
blows across them or blows not,
of the plum blossoms
the place where they are blooming
can be known beyond all doubt.
Meaning: Whether or not the spring wind blows, the place where the plum blossoms are blooming is unmistakable.
Commentary: Spring Poems 23

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on plum blossoms"
Whether or not the wind carries their fragrance, the poet says, the place where plum blossoms bloom is naturally made known by their scent, praising its richness. The idea that an unseen fragrance reveals the flower's whereabouts shows his love of plum scent. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.
The notion that scent reveals the plum recalls Ōshikōchi no Mitsune's Kokinshū poem, in which the darkness of a spring night is pointless because, though the plum's color is hidden, its scent cannot be.

Line 1, "the spring wind," names the wind as the carrier of plum scent.
Line 2, "blows or blows not," repeats the concessive do in a parallel phrasing.
Line 3, "the plum blossoms," continues the plum group begun in the preceding poem, 22.
Line 4: ru, the attributive of ri, refers to the area where they are blooming.
Line 5: shiruku means clearly evident; zo with the attributive of keri forms a kakarimusubi, expressing wonder at the certainty of the scent.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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