Tachikaeri mite mo wataramu ōigawa kawabe no matsu ni kakaru fujinami

立ち返り見ても渡らむ大井川
川辺の松にかかる藤波

Roma-ji: Tachikaeri mite mo wataramu ōigawa kawabe no matsu ni kakaru fujinami
English Translation: Turning back again,
I'll look before I cross it—
the Ōi River,
where on pines along its banks
waves of wisteria hang.
Meaning: I'll turn back and look again before I cross the Ōi River—at the waves of wisteria hanging on the pines along its banks.
Commentary: Spring Poems 109

Headnote: "On an ornamental display for an archery contest, a model of the Ōi River with wisteria hanging on pines"
This poem responds to an ornamental display for an archery contest, a model of the Ōi River with wisteria hanging on pines. The poet says he will turn back to look once more at the splendid wisteria clusters on the riverside pines before crossing, cherishing the model as if it were a real landscape. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.
The Ruijū text's headnote differs and lacks a character, and the Ruijū and Teika texts differ in the second line.

Line 1: tachikaeri means turning back, an associated word with the "waves" of fujinami.
Line 2: mu expresses intention, "I'll look before I cross."
Line 3 names the Ōi River in Yamashiro, the subject of the display.
Line 4 names the pine around which the wisteria twines.
Line 5 ends on a noun; fujinami likens wisteria clusters swaying in the wind to waves. Four wisteria poems begin here, and the next poem, 110, uses the same tachikaeri and fujinami.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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