Tazune miru kai wa makoto ni ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana ni zo arikeru

たづね見るかひはまことにあふ坂の
関路に匂ふ花にぞありける

Roma-ji: Tazune miru kai wa makoto ni ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana ni zo arikeru
English Translation: All I came to see,
the worth of it lies truly
at Ōsaka Barrier,
along its road in fragrant bloom—
the blossoms make it worthwhile.
Meaning: It was truly worth coming to see—for the blossoms glowing along the road to the Ōsaka Barrier, where one meets.
Commentary: Spring Poems 65

Headnote: "Blossoms on the barrier road"
The poet rejoices that it was worth seeking out the blossoms glowing along the road to the Ōsaka Barrier. The thought that at a barrier named for "meeting" he has met the blossoms is woven in. Kamo no Mabuchi said the first two lines are a later phrasing, and that without saying "tazunete miru" the expression is not in the old style.
The Ruijū text places it among the miscellaneous poems, and the Teika text differs in the fourth line.

Line 1, "All I came to see," is the phrase Mabuchi said was not old usage.
Line 2 means "the worth of coming is truly."
Line 3: ausaka joins Ōsaka on the Ōmi–Yamashiro border with au, "to meet," suggesting the meeting with the blossoms.
Line 4: sekiji is the road to the barrier, and niou describes flowers glowing in beauty; the next poem, 66, uses the same line.
Line 5: zo with the attributive of keri forms a kakarimusubi expressing the emotion of realization. Four poems on the Ōsaka Barrier begin here.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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