Satsukiyami hanatachibana no arika o ba kaze no tsute ni zo sora ni shirikeru - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

五月闇花橘のありかをば
風のつてにぞ空に知りける

Roma-ji: Satsukiyami hanatachibana no arika o ba kaze no tsute ni zo sora ni shirikeru
English Translation: In the darkness of May,
the place where the orange blooms
I came to know
borne by the message of the wind,
though unseen, through the sky
Meaning: In the darkness of the Fifth Month's rainy nights, I came to know, unseen, where the orange blossoms were, through the message carried by the wind.
Commentary: Book Two Summer Poems 148

In the darkness of the rainy season the orange blossoms cannot be seen, but the poet knows where they are by the scent the wind carries. The poem conveys the charm of a summer night in which an unseen flower is grasped through its fragrance.
The next poem, 149, also sings of the scent of orange blossoms, and the two form a pair.

First line, 'satsukiyami', is the darkness of nights in the rainy season, showing that the flowers cannot be seen.
Second line, 'hanatachibana no', is the blossom of the tachibana orange, a fragrant flower of early summer.
Third line, 'arika o ba', means where they are, ba adding emphasis.
Fourth line, 'kaze no tsute ni zo', means through the message of the wind, and zo binds with the attributive keru in the final line. Like 'by hearsay' in poem 107 in this book, it sings of knowing at second hand.
Final line, 'sora ni shirikeru', uses sora ni, without certain grounds, by intimation, meaning known by scent alone. The word sora, sky, is set here through its link with the wind.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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