Waga sode ni ka o dani nokose ume no hana akade chirinuru wasuregatami ni

わが袖に香をだに残せ梅の花
飽かで散りぬる忘れ形見に

Roma-ji: Waga sode ni ka o dani nokose ume no hana akade chirinuru wasuregatami ni
English Translation: Upon my sleeve, please,
leave at least your fragrance here,
O you plum blossoms,
as a keepsake to remember,
scattering before I've had my fill.
Meaning: Plum blossoms, leave at least your fragrance on my sleeve, as a keepsake of you who scatter before I have had my fill of looking.
Commentary: Spring Poems 27

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on plum blossoms"
Addressing the plum blossoms that scatter before he has tired of them, the poet asks them to leave at least their scent on his sleeve. Though he cannot keep the flowers, he wishes to hold their fragrance as a keepsake, a poignant expression of reluctance to part with them.

Line 1, "Upon my sleeve," names the place where the scent is to be kept.
Line 2: dani means "at least," and the imperative nokose voices a strong plea; the poem pauses here.
Line 3, "O you plum blossoms," speaks directly to the flowers.
Line 4: akade means before being satisfied, lamenting how quickly the flowers fall.
Line 5, "as a keepsake," means a memento against forgetting. Taking up "the parting of scattering" from the preceding poem, 26, the sequence moves to asking for a keepsake at the parting.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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