Tachikaeri miredomo akazu yamabuki no hana chiru kishi no haru no kawanami

立ち返り見れども飽かず山吹の
花散る岸の春の川波

Roma-ji: Tachikaeri miredomo akazu yamabuki no hana chiru kishi no haru no kawanami
English Translation: Turning back again,
I gaze and still cannot have my fill—
where the kerria
scatter blossoms on the bank,
the river waves of springtime.
Meaning: I keep turning back to look and never tire of it—the spring river waves along the bank where the kerria blossoms scatter.
Commentary: Spring Poems 118

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On an occasion when I had many people compose on the theme of yellow kerria reflected in the water"
The poet says he never tires of the spring river waves along the bank where kerria blossoms fall, however many times he turns back to look. Captivated by the beauty of the kerria reflected in and floating on the waves, he expresses his reluctance to leave.
The Ruijū text places it in the section of poems from another manuscript and the printed edition.

Line 1: tachikaeri means turning back again and again, an associated word with the "waves" of the last line; it is the same word as in 109 and 110.
Line 2 means "I look and still am not satisfied," and the poem pauses here.
Line 3 names the kerria of the topic.
Line 4 names the bank where the kerria petals fall.
Line 5 ends on a noun; true to the topic "kerria reflected in the water," it captures the kerria mirrored and floating as a scene of waves.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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