Ume ga e ni kaze ya fukuramu haru no yo wa oranu sode sae nioinuru kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

梅が枝に風や吹くらむ春の夜は
折らぬ袖さへにほひぬるかな

Roma-ji: Ume ga e ni kaze ya fukuramu haru no yo wa oranu sode sae nioinuru kana
English Translation: Upon the plum boughs
is the wind now blowing, then?
On this night of spring
even sleeves that picked no flowers
carry fragrance all the same
Meaning: Is the wind blowing on the plum branches? On this spring night, even sleeves that have picked no blossoms are fragrant.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 18

The poet guesses that his sleeves carry the plum's scent, though he has broken off no branch, because the wind is bearing the fragrance. The plum, invisible on a dark spring night, is grasped through scent.

First line, 'ume ga e ni', means on the plum branches, continuing the plum of poem 17.
Second line, 'kaze ya fukuramu', asks whether the wind is blowing, and the poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, 'haru no yo wa', sets the time, a scene in which only scent reaches the poet through the dark.
Fourth line, 'oranu sode sae', uses the additive sae: not only sleeves that picked flowers, but even those that did not.
Final line, 'nioinuru kana', expresses wonder at the fragrance that has clung, with the exclamatory kana.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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