Asu yori wa haruna tsumamu to shimeshi no ni kinō mo kyō mo yuki wa furitsutsu

明日よりは春菜摘まむと標めし野に
昨日も今日も雪は降りつつ

Roma-ji: Asu yori wa haruna tsumamu to shimeshi no ni kinō mo kyō mo yuki wa furitsutsu
English Translation: From tomorrow on
I would pick the greens of spring,
on the field I marked:
yet yesterday and today
the snow keeps on falling there
Meaning: On the field I marked off, meaning to pick spring greens from tomorrow on, snow keeps falling, yesterday and today alike.
Commentary: Book Eight Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1427

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Four poems by Yamabe no Sukune Akahito"
On the field he had marked off, eager to pick young greens from tomorrow, snow has kept falling yesterday and today. The poem conveys both a heart impatient for spring and frustration with a winter that will not leave.
The author, Yamabe no Akahito, was a court poet of the early Nara period. He excelled at pure, clear landscape poems and was later ranked alongside Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
The poem was later included in the first book of spring poems of the Shin Kokin Wakashū, in a slightly altered form.

The first line, "from tomorrow on," announces a plan and carries a sense of eager anticipation. 1571 of this book also uses "from tomorrow on" to anticipate autumn leaves, so the hearts that wait for tomorrow in spring and in autumn echo each other.
The second line, with the volitional "mu," expresses the intention to pick young greens. "Gathering spring greens" also appears in 1421 and 1442 of this book.
In the third line, "shimu" means to mark a place as one's own.
The fourth line repeats "mo" to show that the snow has continued for days. Echoing the "tomorrow" of the first line, it fits the flow of yesterday, today, and tomorrow into one poem.
The final line ends on the continuative "tsutsu," leaving the lingering sense that the snow is still falling.
Author: Yamabe no Akahito
Source: Manyoshu
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