Yama fukami tazunete kitsuru ko no shita ni yuki to miru made hana zo chirikeru

山深み尋ねて来つる木の下に
雪と見るまで花ぞ散りける

Roma-ji: Yama fukami tazunete kitsuru ko no shita ni yuki to miru made hana zo chirikeru
English Translation: The hills are so deep,
I have come here seeking them,
and beneath the trees
until I take them for snow
the blossoms have been falling.
Meaning: I came seeking them deep in the hills, and beneath the trees the blossoms had fallen so thickly I took them for snow.
Commentary: Spring Poems 85

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Blossoms resembling snow"
Having sought blossoms deep in the mountains, the poet finds them fallen beneath the trees so thickly they could be mistaken for snow. The scene of fallen blossoms found after a hard journey carries both deep emotion and a touch of regret. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.

Line 1 uses adjective stem + mi to give a reason: "since the hills are deep."
Line 2 means "having come seeking blossoms," in keeping with the spirit of "seeking blossoms" in 58.
Line 3, like "beneath the trees" in the preceding poem, 84, names where the blossoms fall.
Line 4 means "until I take them for snow," the same form of comparison as "until they seem pearls" in 41.
Line 5: zo with the attributive of keri forms a kakarimusubi, closing the three poems on blossoms resembling snow.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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